Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

I want to make a New Year’s prayer, not a resolution. I’m praying for courage.

In quietness the soul expands.

All mistakes teach us something, so there are, in reality, no mistakes.

I have stood on a mountain of no's for one yes.

You know the greatest thing is passion, without it what have you got?

The chief prevention against getting old is to remain astonished.

Dismiss whatever insults your own soul.

We are all of us obliged... to nurse a few little follies in ourselves.

Within you there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time.

The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.

The only thing people regret is that they didn’t live boldly enough, that they didn’t invest enough heart, didn’t love enough.