The problem with a lot people is, they are more concerned about their image than they are about their reputation. It should be the other way around.

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.

She felt the depth of her losses before they were realized, and she wondered, Is there still hope? Did she even dare hold on to such a tenuous thing as hope?

Being honest may not get you a lot of friends it’ll get you the right ones

Perhaps it was the approach of death that had opened his eyes wide and made him see so clearly.

Writer's block is when your imaginary friends won't talk to you.

They have a word in Finnish called sisu, which basically means guts. It’s the strongest word in the Finnish language. You tell a Finn he doesn’t have sisu, that’s like spitting in his face.

I mean I think that's a fact and I think that we had a very peculiar type of Catholic Church here in that it was a fortress Church.

I'm always Peter Pan in my heart

The ability to change one's views without losing one's seat is the mark of a great politician.

If you believe in justice, surely you believe in the hereafter, because this world is not just.

Each image suggests an inner reality, a kind of scar of the past, a reflection of an act or an event once lived.