Do not whine... Do not complain. Work harder. Spend more time alone.

There’s nothing so kingly as kindness, and nothing so royal as truth.

What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.

The struggle, like life itself, should be joyful.

I was smart enough to go through any door that opened.

Tolerance, like any aspect of peace, is forever a work in progress.

Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.

If you wake up and the day feels broken, just lean into the crack.

Compassion is one of the purest springs of love.

In all things it is better to hope than to despair.

We are all afraid to say too much, to feel too deeply, to let people know what they mean to us.

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.