I don't think modesty is a very good virtue, if it is a virtue at all. A modest person will drop the modesty in a minute. It's a learned affectation.

Nothing will work unless you do.

A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. They simply strengthen your ability to overcome.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style

If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.

You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!

Set goals, pursue them, achieve them, and then surpass them.

It is a great thing to be young and to live without pain. And yet it is a blessing few of us count until we lose it.

a story is ready when it falls from your face

Give yourself something to work toward - constantly.

When you program, you want to think you're writing the best possible program for the... for the task you're trying to solve.

Everything psychic is pregnant with the future.

Theta blew out another plume of cigarette smoke. “Not interested. Love’s messy, kiddo. Let those other girls get moony-eyed and goofy. Me? I got plans.

I have to say, I haven't really worked with that many people in my career that I haven't liked, which I think is really rare.

They have most satisfaction in themselves, and consequently the sweetest relish of their creature comforts.

Human beings are social animals and nearly all of us are driven by the need to be loved and the desire to successfully sustain meaningful romantic relationships for life.