Do the things that interest you and do them with all your heart. Don't be concerned about whether people are watching you or criticizing you. The chances are that they aren't paying attention to you.

To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

Do one thing every day that scares you.

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.

Happiness is not a goal it is a byproduct.

The giving of love is an education in itself.

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.

Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart

A good leader inspires people to have confidence in the leader, a great leader inspires people to have confidence in themselves.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

You yourself could be nothing more than a shadow, someone else’s dream who is, themselves, someone else’s.

The distance doesn't matter only the first step is difficult.

Enemies make better allies than frenemies.

I am increasingly afflicted by vertigo where words mean nothing

Surpass the best to be the best

When I was twelve, I started reading Eudora Welty, Thomas Wolfe, Flannery O'Connor, James Agee, and - do we dare breathe the name - William Faulkner.

Your legacy should be that you made it better than it was when you got it.

Find people who are competent and really bright, but more importantly, people who care exactly about the same things you care about.

I thought I was going to be a filmmaker but at the same time I was an intellectual and I felt that I could make a contribution to some field, as yet, not invented.

My father is quite conservative and religious, and hes been wanting me to get married since I was 15.