Great grief does not of itself put an end to itself.

I say, ‚Yeah, Taylor Swift.‘ I think she is a smart, beautiful girl. I think she’s making all the right moves. She’s got a good head on her shoulders. She’s surrounded with wonderful people. Her songs are great. She keeps herself anchored. She knows who she is, and she’s living and standing by that.

There’s many ups and downs in the fight game.

Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul.

I was raised to be an independent woman, not the victim of anything.

It opens the lungs, washes the countenance, exercises the eyes, and softens down the temper; so cry away.

It’s not called quitting if you quit while you ahead. It’s about being aware and being strategic enough to know that you got to get out the pool at some point. You got to put your clothes back on and dry off.

I’ll never, ever be full. I’ll always be hungry. Obviously, I’m not talking about food. Growing up, I had nothing for such a long time. Someone told me a long time ago, and I’ve never forgotten it, ‚Once you’ve ever been hungry, really, really hungry, then you’ll never, ever be full.‘

I said I was ‚The Greatest,‘ I never said I was the smartest!

There are certain shades of limelight that can wreck a girl’s complexion.

Maturity is the ability to reap without apology and not complain when things don’t go well.

I don’t carry the burden of the past or the madness of the future. I live in the present.

This lady is not for turning.

Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them.

I’d rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.

There is no lonelier man in death, except the suicide, than that man who has lived many years with a good wife and then outlived her. If two people love each other there can be no happy end to it.

Your Highest Self is not just an idea that sounds lofty and spiritual. It is a way of being. It is the very first principle that you must come to understand and embrace as you move toward attracting to you that which you want and need for this parenthesis in eternity that you know as your life.

First and foremost, we need to be the adults we want our children to be. We should watch our own gossiping and anger. We should model the kindness we want to see.

Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others.

A Scout is never taken by surprise; he knows exactly what to do when anything unexpected happens.

My weak spot is laziness. Oh, I have a lot of weak spots: cookies, croissants.

Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.

My life as a child did not prepare me for the fact that the world is full of cruel and bitter things.

As soon as man does not take his existence for granted, but beholds it as something unfathomably mysterious, thought begins.

The world can criticize me, but l can always criticize it back.

You simply have to accept that your demons are a part of you.

By imposing too great a responsibility, or rather, all responsibility, on yourself, you crush yourself.

Do whatever you will, but first be such as are able to will.

I’ve tried everything. I’ve done therapy, I’ve done colonics. I went to a psychic who had me running around town buying pieces of ribbon to fill the colors in my aura. Did the Prozac thing.

If you’re going to wake up early all the time, and you’re working hard, and you’re working out, sometimes you’re going to get tired. It’s OK. It’s acceptable – somewhat. We’re all human, unfortunately.

That’s the most terrible thing about being an author – standing there at your mother’s funeral, but you don’t switch the author off. So your own innermost thoughts are grist for the mill. Who was it said – one of the famous lady novelists – ‚unhappy is the family that contains an author‘?

If you want what you’re saying heard, then take your time and say it so that the listener will actually hear it. You might save somebody’s life. Your own, first.

My reputation grows with every failure.

When I was writing ‚Kitchen Confidential,‘ I was in my 40s, I had never paid rent on time, I was 10 years behind on my taxes, I had never owned my own furniture or a car.

An injured friend is the bitterest of foes.

I’m honest enough to say I don’t know everything. You know, I don’t. I don’t understand all of God. I don’t understand, you know, some kind of why bad things happen.

A lot of times, people feel that if they forgive the person who hurt them, then they will continue to take advantage of them or not take responsibility for what they did wrong.

Many people in this world are still so identified with every thought that arises in their head. There is not the slightest space of awareness there.

The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult.

No one gets away with anything, ever, so take responsibility for your own life.

If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm.

First, I’m trying to prove to myself that I’m a person. Then maybe I’ll convince myself that I’m an actress.

Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.

Only the shallow know themselves.

True self is non-self, the awareness that the self is made only of non-self elements. There’s no separation between self and other, and everything is interconnected.

Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.

I will seize fate by the throat; it shall certainly never wholly overcome me.

Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward.

So, for example, a country was into recession right after I was sworn in, a dot-com bust had taken place. Then the attacks of September the 11th, and then of course the great financial meltdown in the -the fundamental question facing any presidency is how do you deal with the hand you’re dealt?

Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.

Anybody can become angry – that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way – that is not within everybody’s power and is not easy.

Forgiveness is not a feeling – it’s a decision we make because we want to do what’s right before God. It’s a quality decision that won’t be easy and it may take time to get through the process, depending on the severity of the offense.

I’m 31 now. I think I’m beginning to understand what life is, what romance is, and what a relationship means.

A man can’t be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

I’m not this horrible, evil person.

In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don’t try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.

A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.

There are some people who hate my guts. But that goes with the territory.

If you are against yourself, you will never reach your highest potential. And when you criticize yourself, you’re criticizing God.

Love is a state of Being. Your love is not outside; it is deep within you. You can never lose it, and it cannot leave you. It is not dependent on some other body, some external form.

The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend.