All truthful music is familiar to the ear, for its notes were written into our souls long ago.

You cannot save everyone. Some people are going to destroy themselves no matter how much you try to help them.

An intelligent person is never afraid or ashamed to find errors in his understanding of things.

Every positive thought is a silent prayer which will change your life.

Your intelligence is a fire that can illuminate any darkness. Awaken and let your mind burn so brightly! You are alive for a reason!

You cannot save people from themselves. All you can do is stand firmly in your hopes for them, with compassion.

When the storm rips you to pieces, you get to decide how to put yourself back together again.

Some people are so addicted to their misery that they will destroy anything that gets in the way of their fix.

Your health is a long-range investment that will pay-off when you need it most.

If you are really humble you will put yourself first when you need to take care of you.

By choosing positivity you become a contender for the human spirit giving hope to those in need.

Writing gives me wings.

My makeup artist, Tonya Brewer, taught me the importance of moisturizing daily. Hydration is a must if you want pretty, dewy skin - which I love.

I suppose I have a highly developed capacity for self-delusion, so it's no problem for me to believe that I'm somebody else.

You can either hold yourself up to the unrealistic standards of others, or ignore them and concentrate on being happy with yourself as you are.

I swim with all my strength. No superhuman surge, or pony heroics; it's just me at my most desperate.

For, after all, in science one achieves the greatest impact (and often the greatest headlines) not by going along with the herd, but by bucking against it.

But young hearts mend easily, and hearts that own half of England have something better to do than to beat faster for love.

But if something was really important, fate made sure it somehow came back to you and gave you another chance.

I mainly wanted non-english writing poets, because I loved the idea that I was translating translations.