The hardest part about moving on is — not looking back.

I outwitted those that deliberately suppressed me not by retaliating, but by minding my own business, continuing the self-discovery journey and reinventing myself.

I wonder what will happen when you actually enjoy the pains that life gives us sometimes. You'll be above them.

Personally, I think it is better for me to love myself and enjoy being me, than to please someone else by pretending to be someone I'm not.

Judging a person's maturity by the number of years they've lived is misleading. This is because people mature at different rates.

It is not the time that a person has lived that determines maturity, but what he does during that time.

A single word spoken at an appropriate time can make someone feel loved, comforted or happier.

By worrying about what will happen next year or the year after, you are using up today's time to do so.

A peaceful mind is a powerful mind...Set your mind at ease and take charge of yourself.

Action gives a decision power and finality.

Take one more step because it might be the last one needed.

For every great success, diligence is desirable from the beginning to the very end.

We can change our own life and ultimately change the world.

As he pulled the crayon out

Any writing teacher tells you to write what you know, and for better or for worse, Washington is a world I know well.

For it is the duty of an astronomer to compose the history of the celestial motions through careful and expert study.

If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.

There is for a free man no occupation more worthy and delightful than to contemplate the beauteous works of nature and honor the infinite wisdom and goodness of God.

A wise man seeks much counsel...a fool listens to all of it.

If your activities don't match your priorities, you are wasting your life.

In order to have a change of fortune at the last minute, you have to take your fortune to the last minute.