I accept that today may be imperfect... I accept that I may be as well. What I don't accept is that imperfection should be the crutch I use to excuse myself from participating in joy.

I sit before flowers hoping they will train me in the art of opening up I stand on mountain tops believing that avalanches will teach me to let go I know nothing but I am here to learn.

The tiniest dream that you make happen is worth more than the biggest dream that you never attempt.

I will love myself despite the ease with which I lean toward the opposite.

Look at an avalanche, and see that we are at our most powerful when we let go. Look at a flower, and see that we are at our most beautiful when we open up.

If your heart is broken, make art with the pieces.

We come from the mentality, that rarely sees the horror in symmetry or the beauty in non-conformity

Our lives will only ever always continue to be a balancing act that has less to do with pain and more to do with beauty.

I have loved this life. I smile because I have tiny dreams that play hopscotch at the corners of my mouth. And every time I breathe they float, every time I laugh, they fly kites.

If you can't see anything beautiful about yourself, get a better mirror.

A question like “do you love me?” was an itch our doctors told us not to scratch.

Love is my drug of choice, even if it comes laced with pain and disaster.

Extending gratitude to another says, “I see what you’ve done and I thank you for the energy you put forth.

The man with the most guns survives the zombie apocalypse, but the man with the most books, locks the door and forgets it ever happened.

There's a kind of amateurishness among French actresses, but I don't share that completely.

Once bitten, you seldom lose the political bug.

I cannot find any authority in the Constitution for public charity.

The Constitution is what the judges say it is, every time.

Piety with some people, but especially with women, is either a passion, or an infirmity of age, or a fashion which must be followed.

The wise coach takes all the heat when his players lose, and gives them all the credit when they win.

At the end of the day it's really easy to be a great leader when things are going well. The real test, whether or not you believe in being an emotionally intelligent leader, is when things go wrong.