“Which is the true nightmare, the horrific dream that you have in your sleep or the dissatisfied reality that awaits you when you awake?”

“Nothing in this world happens by chance.”

“You were born to win, but to be a winner you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.”

“I believe that worrying about a bad thing prepares you for it when it comes. If you worry, the bad thing doesn’t hit you as hard. You can roll with the punch if you see it coming.”

“Sometimes the only way to ever find yourself is to get completely lost.”

“Just because things hadn’t gone the way I had planned didn’t necessarily mean they had gone wrong.”

“Life is not always perfect. Like a road, it has many bends, ups and down, but that’s its beauty.”

“Fear’s useless. Either something bad happens or it doesn’t: If it doesn’t, you’ve wasted time being afraid, and if it does, you’ve wasted time that you could have spent sharpening your weapons.”

“There is nothing so pitiful as a young cynic because he has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing.”

“Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.”

“It’s hard at times, but it makes a kid strong in ways that most people can’t understand. Teaches them that even though people are left behind, new ones will inevitable take their place; that every place has something good – and bad – to offer. It makes a kid grow up fast.”

“As long as the world is turning and spinning, we’re gonna be dizzy and we’re gonna make mistakes.”

“There came a time when you realized that moving on was pointless. That you took yourself with you wherever you went.”

“Actions speak louder than words, and a smile says, ‘I like you. You make me happy. I am glad to see you.”

“To suffer without complaint is the only lesson we have to learn in this life”