It's the hope for all the hopeless in the worst of trying times.

Dreams are reality waiting to happen

Life happens. Adapt. Embrace change, and make the most of everything that comes your way.

Don't let the world around you defeat the belief within you.

Stop hoping, start believing.

I know that each and everyone of you have felt, at one point, like you couldn't go on. But then you found hope. There's always a way to find hope. Remember that.

Live like you're at the bottom, even if you're at the top

There's always some way to find hope. Remember that.

It doesn't matter if the world is pulling you down. With Christ you have everything.

I thought the popular kids were the cool kids. I got caught up in that, and it was bogus. School is about finding who you are because thats more important than not being yourself.

I think you are the best you can be when you feel free, when you feel open. So I think keeping that mentality, keeping positive, is key.

In life, be a kid in a candy store.

It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.

I think because I try to keep things as real as I can, or I try to start from a place of reality, I almost don't have the imagination to write a book that's not set where I am.

You’re not an adult at all - you're just a tall child holding a beer, having conversations you don't understand...

A long poem is a test of invention which I take to be the Polar star of poetry, as fancy is the sails, and imagination the rudder.

Frankly, neither president [Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter] was an inspiring figure; so, maybe their lack of inspiration by the founders shouldn't surprise us.

When I was in school, working as a team was called cheating.

When we have arrived at the question, the answer is already near.

I am driven to observe of the ultra-Darwinists the following features as symptomatic. First, to my eyes, is their almost unbelievable self-assurance, their breezy self-confidence.

I shall become, I shall become a collector of me. And put meat on my soul.