I make writing as much a part of my life as I do eating or listening to music.

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!

Breakup is hard enough to live with, why do we need the paperwork of divorce.

If you want truth, you should begin by giving it.

Morals

You cannot be lonely if you like the person you're alone with.

Do you think the wren ever dreams of a better house?

Only amazing designers think of the truly new.

The best investments you ever make are investments in yourself - and your education. Those investments always pay big dividends.

I have a lot that I intend to do in this life.

There is something more important than the place being left. It's that swell of crushing emptiness that makes the insignificant seem anything but.

Now I can see how that can happen. You can fall in love with anybody--a fool, a criminal, a nothing. There are no good rules.