Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.

To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's.

Resilience — the ability to brush off pain.

Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its troubles, but it empties it of its strength.

Human beings must always be on the watch for the coming of wonders.

The heart is not like a box that gets filled up; it expands in size the more you love.

Act as if someone just said there’s no reason to be afraid.

Falsehood is so easy, truth so difficult.

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

All experience is great providing you live through it.

We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.

I do not think it worth while to wait for enjoyment until there is some real opportunity for it.