Learn to appreciate the things you have before time forces you appreciate the things you once had.

Happiness is not determined by what's happening around you, but rather what's happening inside you. Most people depend on others to gain happiness, but the truth is, it always comes from within.

Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion; today is special.

Every single thing that has ever happened in your life is preparing you for a moment that is yet to come.

You will never become who you want to be if you keep blaming everyone else for who you are now.

Don't look for someone who will solve all your problems; look for someone who will face them with you.

Many people are so poor because the only thing they have is money.

Making a hundred friends is not a miracle. The miracle is to make a single friend who will stand by your side even when hundreds are against you.

If a person wants to be a part of your life, they will make an obvious effort to do so. Think twice before reserving a space in your heart for people who do not make an effort to stay.

If you expect the world to be fair with you because you are fair, you're fooling yourself. That's like expecting the lion not to eat you because you didn't eat him.

Be happy. Be yourself. If others don't like it, then let them be. Happiness is a choice. Life isn't about pleasing everybody.

A book is a wonderful present. Though it may grow worn, it will never grow old.

My tears simply broke through the fragile wallthat had held them, and with a terrible feeling of shame, I laid my head upon the table and let them drain out of me.

The most amazing journey on earth is the journey of oneself.

Just because you knew it, doesn't mean you must reveal it. There are circumstances in life that should remain as secrets.

It wasn't until The Sixth Sense that people started saying, wow, man, you're an actor. People didn't think of me as the guy in a band anymore.

Look at the score at the end of the #game.

I can't imagine being anything creative in a major town because everybody's doing the same exact thing you're doing. How can you not get confused about what you yourself are doing?

Books, and especially fiction, do not proceed from ideas. They are born from feelings

Virtues are often conquered by vices, but their rout is most complete when it is inflicted by other virtues, more militant, more efficient, or more congenial.

When a poem doesn't work, the first question to ask yourself is, 'Am I telling the truth?'