An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself.

Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes.

A loving heart is the truest wisdom.

A man is lucky if he is the first love of a woman. A woman is lucky if she is the last love of a man.

The most important thing in life is to stop saying 'I wish' and start saying 'I will.' Consider nothing impossible, then treat possibilities as probabilities.

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else.

Do all the good you can and make as little fuss about it as possible.

A very little key will open a very heavy door.

The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.

Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

People who desire to acquire success need to have knowledge

Do it because it's right, not because it's right for your resume.

Smile, just because you're alive and enjoying the magic of life.

I find it hilarious that there are academics who try to analyse chemical changes in the brains of students while exposing them to gags.

Doubt can motivate you, so don't be afraid of it. Confidence and doubt are at two ends of the scale, and you need both. They balance each other out.

A songwriter writes songs all the time, whereas just writing a song can be done by anyone, anytime.

Let me begin by saying, we were almost all wrong, and I certainly include myself here.

Patience is that the heart does not feel anger towards that which is destined and that the mouth does not complain.

No fear or shame in the dignity of your experience, language, and knowledge.

When you have a set of characters, you have to fall in love with them and care about them as each individual character.