Imperfections are not inadequacies; they are reminders that we're all in this together.

Authenticity is the daily practice of letting go of who we think we're supposed to be and embracing who we are.

Don't try to win over the haters; you are not a jackass whisperer.

Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.

Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren't always comfortable, but they're never weakness.

Daring greatly means the courage to be vulnerable. It means to show up and be seen. To ask for what you need. To talk about how you're feeling. To have the hard conversations.

What makes you vulnerable makes you beautiful.

Believing that you're enough is what gives you the courage to be authentic.

Shame hates it when we reach out and tell our story. It hates having words wrapped around it - it can't survive being shared. Shame loves secrecy... When we bury our story, the shame metastasizes.

When we deny our stories, They define us. When we own our stories, we get to write the ending.

Owning our story can be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running from it.

Nothing can enslaved us, if we free in our minds.

I am no longer hesitant.I am ready.I am fearless.

You scoundrel, you have wronged me, " hissed the philosopher, "May you live forever!

You can never plan the future by the past.

I look down and see little kids in the audience and I'm like, "Oh man, I hope I'm not poisoning these kids!"

Life is creation - self and circumstances, the raw material.

The White House is a huge organization, first and foremost.

Agriculture is the soul and chief support of empires; industry produces riches and the happiness of the people; exportation represents the superabundance, and good use of both.

Not being untutored in suffering, I learn to pity those in affliction