We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.

From our first babblings to our last word, we make but one statement, and that is our life.

Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.

I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.

Love... is the honoring of others in a way that grants them the grace of their own autonomy.

The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

It isn't a sadness, but a joy, that we don't do the same things for the length of our lives.

There will always be someone who can't see your worth. Don't let it be you.

Resilience — the ability to brush off pain.

I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention… To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.

The only tired I was, was tired of giving in.

Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.