Avoid problems, and you'll never be the one who overcame them.

Not being known doesn't stop the truth from being true.

Get this in mind early: We never grow up.

Every person, all the events of your life are there because you have drawn them there. What you choose to do with them is up to you.

Listen to what you know instead of what you fear.

Your friends will know you better in the first minute you meet than your acquaintances will know you in a thousand years.

I want to be very close to someone I respect and admire and have somebody who feels the same way about me.

Our soulmate is the one who makes life come to life.

In order to win, you must expect to win.

You don't want a million answers as much as you want a few forever questions. The questions are diamonds you hold in the light. Study a lifetime and you see different colors from the same jewel.

Live never to be ashamed if anything you say or do is published around the world, even if what is said is not true.

What the caterpillar calls the end of the world the master calls a butterfly.

Civilization... wrecks the planet from seafloor to stratosphere.

If it's never our fault, we can't take responsibility for it. If we can't take responsibility for it, we'll always be its victim.

Every problem has a gift for you in its hands.

True love stories never have endings.

If you love someone, set them free. If they come back they're yours; if they don't they never were.

In the United States Christmas has become the rape of an idea.

The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work.

Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours.

Strong beliefs win strong men, and then make them stronger.

If your happiness depends on what somebody else does, I guess you do have a problem.

The simplest things are often the truest.

Here is a test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: If you're alive, it isn't.

Ask yourself the secret of your success. Listen to your answer, and practice it.

Some choices we live not only once but a thousand times over, remembering them for the rest of our lives.

You are always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a different past.

Allow the world to live as it chooses, and allow yourself to live as you choose.

Can miles truly separate you from friends... If you want to be with someone you love, aren't you already there?

I gave my life to become the person I am right now. Was it worth it?

The meaning I picked, the one that changed my life: Overcome fear, behold wonder.

Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself. Being true to anyone else or anything else is not only impossible, but the mark of a fake messiah.

Rarely do members of the same family grow up under the same roof.

A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit.

Bad things are not the worst things that can happen to us. Nothing is the worst thing that can happen to us!

You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it, however.

Don't be dismayed by good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends.

You are never given a wish without being given the power to make it true. You may have to work for it, however.

Happiness is the reward we get for living to the highest right we know.

Every gift from a friend is a wish for your happiness.

The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life.

To fly as fast as thought, you must begin by knowing that you have already arrived.

The simplest questions are the most profound. Where were you born? Where is your home? Where are you going? What are you doing? Think about these once in a while and watch your answers change.

Learning is finding out what you already know.

Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't.

The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it.

You teach best what you most need to learn.

Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully.

I don't want to do business with those who don't make a profit, because they can't give the best service.