Be quick to take advantage of an advantage.

Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own.

When you can’t change the direction of the wind — adjust your sails

Hope is not a resting place but a starting point - a cactus, not a cushion

Every person that you meet knows something you don't; learn from them.

Life is slippery. Here, take my hand.

Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts.

If you're doing your best, you won't have any time to worry about failure.

Today, give a stranger one of your smiles. It might be the only sunshine he sees all day.

Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.

Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness.

Writing is a solitary existence, especially if you forget to chat to your friends – sorry, I meant characters.

There are times and places where not to be anyone is more honourable than to be someone.

I think...I think sometimes that's how it is. Sometimes people have to go before you get stuff. Before you can really get it.

I feel like I'm a relentless, pragmatic, determined optimist.

Find your vision, and let it guide you in all that you do. If you lack vision, look inside yourself. Draw on your natural gifts and desires.

I just want the money and the fame and the adoration, and I don't want any of the other stuff.

My father always used to say to me, it doesn’t matter what the profession is, but if they’re the best in their field, it will always be fascinating to watch.

And perhaps, exhibiting the fruit of the Spirit may be our very best defense against a materialist view of mankind here on earth.

Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals; love, an abject intercourse between tyrants and slaves.

If we were united and strong, we'd elect our own emir (leader) and give allegiance to him... Take my word, if 6-8 million Muslims unite in America, the country will come to us.