The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you but yourself.

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

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

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

The present is the only time in which any duty can be done or any grace received.

Optimism is a happiness magnet.

That's the very reason they put rubbers on the end of pencils... because people make mistakes.

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

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

Love is a tenacious adventure.

Walls turned sideways are bridges.

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