Had I really succeeded at anything else, I might never have found the determination to succeed in the one arena where I believed I truly belonged.

What's life without a little risk?

It is not our abilities that show what we truly are. It is our choices.

We've all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That's who we really are.

Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.

It is our choices... that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all of the power we need inside ourselves already.

The world is full of wonderful things you haven't seen yet. Don't ever give up on the chance of seeing them.

There is an expiry date on blaming your parents for steering you in the wrong direction; the moment you are old enough to take the wheel, responsibility lies with you.

Gryffindor, where dwell the brave at heart!

Twilight fell: The sky turned to a light, dusky purple littered with tiny silver stars.

The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not.

If a reasoned creator set the stars in their place then we must be capable of understanding them - we must also be creatures of reason, of order!

He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.

Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it.

Digital technology is both arousing and distancing. We don't look at the users on the other side as people. They aren't - they're just usernames, Facebook photos and Twitter handles.

The feeling of being halfway through a show and just realizing that there's nothing you can do to save it - it's a horrible feeling.

Baseball is more than a game to me, it's a religon.

I'm evil, my middle name is misery. Well, I'm evil, so don't mess around with me.

I once listed all the good things I did over the past year, and then turned them into resolution form and backdated them. That was a good feeling

Engaging Iran won't guarantee improved U.S.-Iranian relations or a more stable Gulf region. But not engaging means more of the same.