The calamity that comes is never the one we had prepared ourselves for.

The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.

If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.

Never regret anything that made you smile.

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.

Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.

Life is short, Break the Rules. Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably And never regret ANYTHING That makes you smile.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you're mis-informed.

If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.

Getting married and starting a family has been a lifelong goal and one that I have persevered through different paths up to it!

Boys can see adventure in a dirty old duck puddle, and if the Scoutmaster is a boys' man he can see it, too.

I hate that impeccable, perfectly perfect look, all matched and prearranged. Style is to be simple.

It is a mysterious thing, the loss of faith—as mysterious as faith itself.

There was a lot of pressure on me as a filmmaker to raise the bar and do better than before so, you know, I put a lot of thought and energy, that's for sure.

I've found that small wins, small projects, small differences often make huge differences.

An author places himself uncalled before the tribunal of criticism and solicits fame at the hazard of disgrace.

Just entering into the dharma and taking refuge and bodhisattva vows is a tremendous amount of merit, but we need more and more and more.

In the USA there is no female equivalent to god.