A first rate soup is better than a second rate painting.

What a man can be, he must be. This need we call self-actualization.

One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.

If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life.

When people appear to be something other than good and decent, it is only because they are reacting to stress, pain, or the deprivation of basic human needs such as security, love, and self-esteem.

You will either step forward into growth or you will step back into safety.

All of life is education and everybody is a teacher and everybody is forever a pupil.

I can feel guilty about the past, Apprehensive about the future,but only in the present can I act.The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.

If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.

Education is learning to grow, learning what to grow toward, learning what is good and bad, learning what is desirable and undesirable, learning what to choose and what not to choose.

The fact is that people are good, Give people affection and security, and they will give affection and be secure in their feelings and their behavior.

The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.

Never waste any time you can spend sleeping.

Love sometimes makes people ruthless in a way that not even hatred can.

Ya gotta think positive.

We kissed each other, long and deep, while my legs opened like the covers of a book.

Better to dream than to be.

I'd rather feel empathy for a character that's fictional, so it doesn't quite tie into personal experience as much.

There's no better feeling, even if I've won a race, than recording a personal best. It's setting yourself personal goals, but also realistic goals.

Raif Badawi's is an important voice for all of us to hear.

We can afford to lose money - even a lot of money. But we can't afford to lose reputation - even a shred of reputation.