Life Advice From Burt Lancaster
Wednesday, July 20th, 2011
You can’t protect yourself be trying to hide from life. Life is movement. Life is something to be used. That’s what it is there for. I agree with Bernard Shaw who said, ‘Waste life – but waste it wisely.’ What defeats most people in life is bowing to false gods – fame, money or public approval. What anyone really should seek most is his own self-approval. There’s a big danger in becoming too nice and agreeable a guy. You can lose your own character that way – and your purpose. 
- Burt Lancaster
Source: Burt Lancaster Says You Can’t Protect Yourself By Trying to Hide From Life, Ocala Star-Banner, Apr 29 1962, Page 20
