It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not.

One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again.

We should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see.

Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.

Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.

The thing I am most aware of is my limits. And this is natural; for I never, or almost never, occupy the middle of my cage; my whole being surges toward the bars.

True intelligence very readily conceives of an intelligence superior to its own; and this is why truly intelligent men are modest.

What thwarts us and demands of us the greatest effort is also what can teach us most.

We are all daughters of God in various stages of construction.

- Why is depression the blues and not the grays? - Because racer!-Jarod Kintz and Stefan D

You walk around feeling like a teenager and immortal your whole life, and suddenly there isn't much time left.

Ask, could my gifts, education, career, or experience be used to spread the gospel where it’s needed most?

It is better to be a slave to your beloved woman than a free man to the unloved one.

I've lived in London, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, New York, and Turin. But New York is my favorite city. It has so much energy, so much toughness.

Your fear that your parents will actually kill you for dropping out of college is something that I think a lot of children of immigrants would maybe relate to.

Enjoy your children, even when they don't act the way you want them to.

The fight is no longer between the classes or between rich and poor but between the idiots and the eco-conscious.

Success occurs when opportunity meets preparation