Whatever you are, be a good one.

Vanity can create a very cruel space for you if you don’t know how to manage it.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

One’s philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes… and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.

Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.

Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity.

Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you.

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

I think I hate cynicism more than anything else. It’s the curse of our age, and I want to avoid it at all costs.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

As I grow up, the lessons I learn in love and relationships and how we treat each other are hopefully maturing – hopefully.

You are the sum total of everything you’ve ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot – it’s all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that I try to make sure that my experiences are positive.

Let go of offence. Let go of fear. Let go of revenge. Don’t live angry, let go now!

I’m not really book-smart.

We can’t help everyone, but everyone can help someone.

If you don’t like what you’re doing, then don’t do it.

Never let your head hang down. Never give up and sit down and grieve. Find another way. And don’t pray when it rains if you don’t pray when the sun shines.

For me, it’s about the way I carry myself and the way I treat other people. My relationship and how I feel about God and what He does for me, is something deeply personal. It’s where I came from, my family, I was brought up in a religious household and that’s very important to me.

Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law.

If you can’t make it good, at least make it look good.

Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open.

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

Key is never be afraid of being yourself. Never!

None but ourselves can free our minds.

Don’t bring your need to the marketplace, bring your skill. If you don’t feel well, tell your doctor, but not the marketplace. If you need money, go to the bank, but not the marketplace.

As we advance in life we learn the limits of our abilities.

I’m not going to change the way I look or the way I feel to conform to anything. I’ve always been a freak. So I’ve been a freak all my life and I have to live with that, you know. I’m one of those people.

When I understand myself, I understand you, and out of that understanding comes love.

We’ve been programmed, from the time that we were very, very little, about what we can’t do – about what is impossible.

Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.

We can take a ‚It was hard to get there.‘ But we ain’t taking no loss. We’re going to win.

Simply put, you believe that things or people make you unhappy, but this is not accurate. You make yourself unhappy.

I have learned that I really do have discipline, self-control, and patience. But they were given to me as a seed, and it’s up to me to choose to develop them.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

You are not a problem that needs solving.

People want to feel hopeful.

I once wanted to prove myself by being a great actress. Now I want to prove that I’m a person. Then maybe I’ll be a great actress.

Individuals need to be willing to face truth about their attitudes, behaviors, even what we want out of life.

Wow, I get to wake up again? Ok. You have to make good with what you’ve got.

I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.

If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on.

Peace in the world starts with peace in oneself. If everyone lives mindfully, everyone will be more healthy, feel more fulfilled in their daily lives and there will be more peace.

When one does away with oneself one does the most estimable thing possible: one thereby almost deserves to live.

Any experience that touches you, in any particular way, is good. It can be a horrible experience.

There are many things that happen every day that we could murmur about if we let ourselves go there. But they really aren’t worth the effort it takes to get upset and gripe about it.

I’ve always done whatever I want and always been exactly who I am.

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?

It’s very unnatural to be someone for so many people. But of course it’s very nice.

Basically you have to suppress your own ambitions in order to be who you need to be.

I just think it’s so important not to take yourself too seriously.

Over the years, I’ve learned that a confident person doesn’t concentrate or focus on their weaknesses – they maximize their strengths.

The talent for being happy is appreciating and liking what you have, instead of what you don’t have.

Adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is most beneficial to us.

If you are living out of a sense of obligation you are slave.

What the country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds.

Everyone is different. Everyone has different teams they’ve played on, coaches they’ve played for.

One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with him.

It isn’t the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it’s the pebble in your shoe.

The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.

I’d like to think you don’t stop being creative once you get happy. My ultimate goal is to end up being happy. Most of the time.

These are the soul’s changes. I don’t believe in ageing. I believe in forever altering one’s aspect to the sun. Hence my optimism.