“Why wait? So precious is this life—this gift—this temporary blindness. Burn and drown and embrace the false dark, then grasp the unthinkable height of resulting joy. For in the end, in the light of truth when the flesh is cast off, there is nothing but this.”

“Never put off writing until you are better at it.”

“Every goal first started as something in our mind. You have it all within you!”

“Don’t think less of me as a person because of my profession.”

“What should scare you is not knowing what you don’t know. Always be eager to learn for knowledge is power.”

“So the next time you see a person with a compose face and a soft voice, remember that inside her mind she might be solving an equation, composing a sonnet, designing a hat. She might, that is, be deploying the powers of quiet.”

“The mind is like a flower. It does not bloom without the lights of appreciation, encouragement, and love.”

“Cultivate an optimistic mind, use your imagination, always consider alternatives, and dare to believe that you can make possible what others think is impossible.”

“Here is little habit that can make a big difference. Send sunbeams. Intentionally send a word of encouragement or appreciation every day to one person.”

“Destroy what you have become and become what you did destroy/”

“You can do anything you want to do, if you want to do it bad enough.”

“Surround yourself with people who believe in your dreams, encourage your ideas, support your ambitions, and bring out the best in you.”