Life is essentially a cheat and its conditions are those of defeat; the redeeming things are not happiness and pleasure but the deeper satisfactions that come out of struggle.

For what it's worth, it's never too late to be whoever you want to be. I hope you live a life you're proud of and if you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start over.

You are the finest, loveliest, tenderest, and most beautiful person I have ever known—and even that is an understatement.

And in the end, we were all just humans...Drunk on the idea that love, only love, could heal our brokenness.

Suddenly she realized that what she was regretting was not the lost past but the lost future, not what had not been but what would never be.

To be kind is more important than to be right. Many times, what people need is not a brilliant mind that speaks but a special heart that listens.

The world only exists in your eyes. You can make it as big or as small as you want

Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.

There are all kinds of love in this world but never the same love twice.

You have a place in my heart no one else ever could have.

The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and all they can do is stare blankly.

If you look at today through the eyes of the past, you can never see what the present moment has to offer.

South Carolina is too small for a republic and too large for an insane asylum.

My grandmother lived to 104 years old, and part of her success was she woke up every morning to a brand new day. She said every morning is a new gift. Her favorite hobby was collecting birthdays.

I think what weakens people most is fear of wasting their strength.

Jurisdiction is not given for the sake of the judge, but for that of the litigant.

Whenever you feel down, you can check on Twitter and feel better about yourself, because it's only people who like you.

I am loved by thousands, but I feel like the loneliest man in the world.

Theater is a dance of a different kind, a dance of rawness and characters stripped down.

When you get that tired, it becomes really challenging to keep bringing your best foot forward.

I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.