Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.

Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake.

I will either find a way, or make one.

I hope you live a life you're proud of. If you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.

Find the thing you do well and do it again and again for the rest of your life.

Intuition is a very powerful thing, more powerful than intellect.

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

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

It's not your job to be likable. It's your job to be yourself. Someone will like you anyway.

Compassion is one of the purest springs of love.

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

Being successful doesn't mean anything in and of itself. It just means that you're successful.