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

The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way.

Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.

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

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.

Love comes… when you dare to reveal yourself fully. When you dare to be vulnerable.

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

Failure is a greater teacher than success. Listen, learn, go on.

Forgiveness … is a gift of high value. Yet its cost is nothing.

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

We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.

Fear has a very concrete power of keeping us from doing and saying the things that are our purpose.