I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty... But I am too busy thinking about myself.
If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory.
We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe.
One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.
A wise man can see more from the bottom of a well than a fool can from a mountain top .
All love that has not friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon sand.
Only some people get what they want. Those are the people who show up to get it.
The pain of making the necessary sacrifices always hurts more than you think it's going to. I know. It sucks. That being said, doing something seriously creative is one of the most amazing experiences one can have, in this or any other lifetime. If you can pull it off, it's worth it. Even if you don't end up pulling it off, you'll learn many incredible, magical, valuable things. It's NOT doing it when you know you full well you HAD the opportunity- that hurts FAR more than any failure.
The knowledge of the world is only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet.