You can't force yourself to say "yes" to a bigger life. You will do it in your way. You will do it when smallness hurts too much.

You could wait for the world to invite you to the banquet and the ball. Or you could just show up in your red dress and your headdress ready to boogie.

Doing work you love is the dizzying path of saying yes to yourself and yes to a brilliant, hidden self you do not yet know.

If everyone is speaking caterpillar, don’t be afraid to speak butterfly. When it’s time to awaken, nothing else will suit you.

Your talents are worth your devotion. Stop saying you don't have time or it might not make money. Your talents are another form of oxygen you need to breathe in this lifetime.

WIth both trepidation and relief, I abandoned pragmatism in favor of magnetism.

You belong in the life of your dreams. And you don't belong anywhere else.

Just start dancing and the band will find you.

You are meant to succeed in the work you love. Your desire will take you all the way.

There is no higher qualification than genuine inspiration.

It doesn't matter how you begin. Just jump in. Get moving.

I dreamed I was a single moment in a single day. A note struck and vanished. A sounding. A reckoning. Gone.

God is our Righteous Father.

Grandpa said that we could solve a lot of the world’s problems if we considered cats and dogs edible. Like the neighbor’s dog who goes to the bathroom in his flower garden. And know what else?

At times it may feel hopeless. That life is unforgiving. Breathe. In the hopelessness of life, we find hope and promise. We find strength.

It's good to be contented but it's better to strive harder.

„Those who decide to live in the Present, must leave their past behind.

I will seek the presidency with nothing to fall back on but the judgment of the people, and nowhere to go but the White House or home.

Old friends, we say, are best, when some sudden disillusionment shakes our faith in a new comrade.

I am naturally fond of adventure, a little ambitious, and a good deal romantic - but patriotism was the true secret of my success.

When the thunderclap comes, there is no time to cover the ears.