Fragile egos are put on the line every day.

Optimism is a happiness magnet. If you stay positive, good things and good people will be drawn to you.

If I had a bad performance in a particular leotard, I threw it in the trash.

Each of us has a fire in our hearts for something. It's our goal in life to find it and keep it.

Working hard becomes a habit, a serious kind of fun. You get self-satisfaction from pushing your self to the limit, knowing that all the effort is going to pay off.

Rather then focusing on the obstacle in your path, focus on the bridge over the obstacle.

A trophy carries dust. Memories last forever.

As simple as it sounds, we all must try to be the best person we can: by making the best choices, by making the most of the talents we've been given.

Erase the word "failure" from your vocabulary. No case is ever truly closed, and no challenge is ever over.

Even though it may seem counterintuitive, a comfort zone is a dangerous place to be.

As much time as you put into it, that's what your achievements are going to be when you come out of it.

Common sense tells us that the things of the earth exist only a little, and that true reality is only in dreams.

The only thing worse than a known enemy is an unfriendly friend. You place your trust on him or her as a friend, not knowing that you are placing your trust on a secret enemy.

Happiness is simply a habit of looking on the brighter side of everything.

Cure for an obsession: get another one.

Nothing is as peevish and pedantic as men's judgments of one another.

I'm not a born writer, and I don't enjoy writing.

Address the people you seek, and them only

I never thought I'd see the day that I would see white folks as frightened, or more so, than black folks was during the civil rights movement when we was in Mississippi.

As you stopped to say hello, oh, you wished me well, you couldn't tell that I'd been crying over you.

Prejudices are rarely overcome by argument; not being founded in reason they cannot be destroyed by logic.