The most difficult part of any endeavour is taking the first step, making the first decision.

The two things I did learn were that you are as powerful and strong as you allow yourself to be, and that the most difficult part of any endeavor is taking the first step, making the first decision.

The good Lord in his ultimate wisdom gave us three things to make life bearable: hope, jokes, and dogs, but the greatest of these was dogs.

And there are new kinds of nomads, not people who are at home everywhere, but who are at home nowhere. I was one of them

I believe when you’re stuck in one spot for too long it’s best to throw a grenade where you stand, and jump…and pray.

When there is no one to remind you what society's rules are, and there is nothing to keep you linked to that society, you had better be prepared for some startling changes.

I experienced that sinking feeling you get when you know you have conned yourself into doing something difficult and there's no going back.

I believe that the subconscious always knows what is best. It is our conditional, vastly overrated rational mind which screws everything up.

Some of us just don't want to be famous ... anonymity cannot be bought for any price, once you have lost it.

Real travel would be to see the world, for even an instant, with another's eyes

It is better to proceed with one's duty in the service of others than wallow in the pain attachments bring

Throughout it all, you are still, always, you: beautiful and bruised, known and unknowable.

Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life.

All addictions have one thing in common - they numb you out to what is happening in the moment.

When you're not practicing, someone somewhere is. And when the two of you meet, assuming roughly equal ability, the other person will win.

I wish I could take back every interview. Over and over again, I read them later, and either I'm misquoted or I said something stupid. I'm just not very good at it.

Palming separates the men from the boys!

There have been two great accidents in my life. One was the trolley, and the other was Diego. Diego was by far the worst.

Your character will be what you yourself choose to make it.

I will be brave, thought Despereaux. I will try to be brave like a knight in shining armour. I will be brave for the Princess Pea.

People may hurt you but God will heal you. People may humiliate you but God will honour you. People may judge you but God will justify you.