Try not to become a person of success, but rather try to become a person of value.

Grief is the price we pay for love.

Life is not meant to be easy, my child; but take courage: it can be delightful.

Patience is also a form of action.

The only thing we can do is honestly learn from our falls.

There are things that are not sayable. That's why we have art.

The best advice I ever got when I was starting out: Never give up. And I never did.

When someone tells me “no,” it doesn't mean I can't do it, it simply means I can't do it with them.

Optimism is a happiness magnet.

The art of life is not controlling what happens to us, but using what happens to us.

No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination.

Compassion is one of the purest springs of love.