Not everything needs to be fixed

The key question to keep asking is, Are you spending your time on the right things? Because time is all you have.

When there’s an elephant in the room introduce him.

It's not about how to achieve your dreams, it's about how to lead your life, ... If you lead your life the right way, the karma will take care of itself, the dreams will come to you.

We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.

One thing that makes it possible to be an optimist is if you have a contingency plan for when all hell breaks loose.

Don’t complain; just work harder.

Showing gratitude is one of the simplest yet most powerful things humans can do for each other.

Brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls aren't there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to show us how badly we want things.

The brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough. They are there to stop the other people!

If I could only give three words of advice, they would be, 'Tell the truth.' If I got three more words, I'd add: 'All the time.'

While we read a novel, we are insane—bonkers. We believe in the existence of people who aren't there, we hear their voices... Sanity returns (in most cases) when the book is closed.

Be good to yourself.

We don't know who we are until we see what we can do.

Unless India stands up to the world, no one will respect us. In this world, fear has no place. Only strength respects strength.

True liberty is not the power to live as we please, but to live as we ought.

Without a doubt, rowing is the hardest thing you can attempt to learn in a short period of time.

Desire is a pain which seeks easement through possession.

When you nurture people and add value to them without expecting anything in return, they feel significant.

The information-deprived general populace might have been surprised this week to see a lower paycheck.

Whose is it, do you think?" I say finally. "No telling," says Finnick. "Why don't we let Peeta claim it, since he died today?