An inventor fails 999 times, and if he succeeds once, he's in.

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

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 shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.

The only time we waste is the time we spend thinking we are alone.

Happiness is not made by what we own. It is what we share.

Grief is the price we pay for love.

Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher.

Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.

Love is really... a recognition of another person’s integrity and truth.

It is not a daily increase, but a daily decrease. Hack away at the inessentials.