Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt.

If you need something from somebody, always give that person a way to hand it to you.

Learning never exhausts the mind.

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

The only lasting truth is change.

Don't surrender all your joy for an idea you used to have about yourself that isn't true anymore.

The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

Resilience — the ability to brush off pain.

Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play.

You can't learn style. Style, I think, is in your DNA.

It isn't just talent. You have to have something else. You have to have a kind of nerve.

The ability to learn is the most important quality a leader can have.