You don't fight the battles you know you will win, its the ones that everyone says you will lose.

Encouragement is like water to the soul, it makes everything grow.

Greatness comes from the inside and once you believe you have it, it's yours to share with the world.

‪Fear should stop you for a moment so you can determine whether you're willing to sacrifice something to get you want.

We often don't realize the passing of years until we see them in a child.

Be so focused on believing that you can that it doesn't matter if anyone says you can't.

Behind every dreamer stands an army full of true believers.

If you can remember why you started, then you will know why you must continue.

You may bend, but you will not be broken.

People will have their opinions of you, but you must be able to distinguish theirs from yours.

Your greatest disappointment will often lead you to your greatest appointment.

...authority is the unmistakeable tone in the voice of a true writer...

Just because it isn't perfect, doesn't mean it isn't awesome.

Don't let society's defined genre hold you down, be a free spirit and just write, let society be the one to decide where each piece fits in.

I find that a lot of times when family members get bronchitis or the flu or something like that, I'll kind of skate through and be really lucky and not get that sick.

People are often most proud of precisely those things of which they should most be ashamed.

It would be nice if this [finding really cheap stocks] happened all the time. Unfortunately, it doesn't.

Odds are just the people opinion. Respect your own opinion.

I think it's crazy that Bill Cosby has a mugshot for alleged assaults 11 years ago with no physical evidence or proof besides these womens accounts of what he did to them an entire decade later.

Anything that works well or has long-term success is never done quickly.

I make it a point of honour to have a couple of gnomes in my garden as silent testimony to the right of gnome-lovers everywhere to do their own thing without fear of snide remarks.