Smoking will probably kill me, but so will natural selection.

Know who you are, and be it. Know what you want, and go out and get it!

Don't bite off more than you can chew because nobody looks attractive spitting it back out.

The moment you stop trying to become a better person, is the moment you start to become worse than what you already are.

The only thing standing between you and your dreams is ... reluctance.

Nothing is as it seems, but something is everything it is made out to be.

I strive for perfection - I settle for satisfaction

Believe in the wonderment of life, the magic of love, and the reality of death.

A sin is nothing more than regret. Not for doing it once, but doing it again when you know you’re going to regret it.

Growing old is mandatory. Growing up is optional.

This isn't your world. It's your parents. Your world is still out there, waiting to be discovered. Always remember that.

Without conflict there is no plot, without hope there is no story

I just swing hard in case I hit it -- that's it.

Beliefs that are good promote your potential and enhance your unique special qualities.

Spirit is the life, the mind the builder the physical the result

The familiar writer is apt to be his own satirist. Out of his own mouth is he judged.

The pursuit of truth, properly considered, shouldn't stop short of insanity.

If you must use more than ten slides to explain your business, you probably don't have a business.

The trouble is, when professional spies go out of their way to make a definitive statement about one of their own, the public tends to believe the opposite: which puts us all back where we started.

When I write my book, Ill tell the real story of Cheryl

Peeta bakes. I hunt. Haymitch drinks until the liquor runs out.