Mediocrity would always win by force of numbers, but it would win only more mediocrity.

All change is not growth as all movement is not forward.

All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward.

A tragic irony of life is that we so often achieve success or financial independence after the chief reason for which we sought it has passed away.

What happens is not as important as how you react to what happens.

It is lovely, when I forget all birthdays, including my own, to find that somebody remembers me.

It is human nature to overestimate the thing you've never had.

The worst thing about war is that so many people enjoy it.

The older I grow the more earnestly I feel that the few joys of childhood are the best that life has to give.

I have little faith in the theory that organized killing is the best prelude to peace.

The only difference between a rut and a grave are the dimensions.

Why is it that so many people are afraid to admit that they are happy?

Ideas are a dime a dozen. People who put them into action are priceless.

Is solace anywhere more comforting than that in the arms of a sister.

I think personal actions definitely matter. I think collectively they can make a big difference. But I also think that people don't live in a vacuum.

You can't think of nothing.

Guidance is everything, you have to accept that somebody is their own person, an individual.

I can't control what life did to me, but I can control how I react. Therein lies the difference.

Replace your judgments with empathy, upgrade your complaining to gratitude and trade in your fear for love.

I've gone through many, many things. I tell you something, that if it doesn't kill you, you get stronger.

All too often, it is audacity and not talent that moves an artist to center stage.