To encourage me is to believe in me, which gives me the power to defeat dragons.

Nothing in this world compares to the comfort and security of having someone just hold your hand.

A daily dose of daydreaming heals the heart, soothes the soul, and strengthens the imagination.

One way or another, I think we are all destined to learn the same lessons in life. Universal truths are universal truths. They cannot be changed.

Statistics, likelihoods, and probabilities mean everything to men, nothing to God.

Just pick a goal and stick to it―no big complicated secret.

Life isn't all grand, but it isn't all miserable either.  There's both sweet and sour in every day.  So why focus on the ugly when you can gaze at what's beautiful?  Concentrate on the good.

You will realize one day that all the money in the world cannot buy you happiness. Nor can it make you a person of good character.

What you perceive as a failure today may actually be a crucial step towards the success you seek. Never give up.

No matter how loud the sirens or how numerous the hazard signs, we all touch the flames at least once to prove they're hot.

World peace, true love, and happily-ever-afters amount to wasted wishes, failed endeavors, and most precious dreams.

Calligraphy is a geometry of the soul which manifests itself physically.

Love is the most difficult and dangerous form of courage. Courage is the most desperate, admirable and noble kind of love.

I was enjoying the great human trophy hunt and, looking back, it scares the hell out of me

I think people get satisfaction from living for a cause that's greater than themselves. They want to leave an imprint. By writing books, I'm trying to do that in a modest way.

I took some sense and made a nickel of it.

I think I'm getting wealthy in ways that don't count at the bank.

The republican party is my vehicle, not my master.

Science studies the relations of things to each other: but art studies only their relations to man.

You will understand a great truth when you get to realize that what you do to others, you are doing to yourself.

I ended up training only for four years before I was accepted into American Ballet Theater in New York City.