A connection between poetry and blindness is a classical trope.

It's as though a smile is ageless, or perhaps eternal, independent of the decay and collapse of the surrounding features.

No matter what happens in your life, keep an open heart and mind with a gentle smile. It's the true beauty of the heart.

Honestly, that is the most important thing to me: Can I continue to live up to my own expectations of myself - and not fall back into slacking?

Stubborn, snarly male.

I don't mean this grandly, but it was never my intention to live in L.A. and do a big network show.

Begin to read a book that will help you move toward your dream.

Once you've achieved everything, there is nothing left. You take out the core of being human: the striving.

I don't make demands. I don't tell you how it should be. I'll give you options, and it's up to you to select or throw 'em away. That should be the headline: If you're insecure, don't call.

Hatred and sorrow are power. They are yours to control. All you have to do is turn them into strength, and use that strength to move forward.

Motivation needs to be a part of your own life for you to be effective in conveying it to others.