Authenticity is about being true to who you are, even when everyone around you wants you to be someone else

I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.

Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.

I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.

Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.

Never say never, because limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.

Another day, another opportunity to prove everyone who doubts you wrong.

If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.

Don't be afraid to fail. Be afraid not to try.

Get the fundamentals down and the level of everything you do will rise

I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come.

It’ll never be too late to start to make use of the time you still have left

Lord, my hands were made for blessing, but not my feet!

On the horizon, he saw the full moon. God dropped it there, he was sure, as a reminder of our small place in the world. A reminder that what is beautiful is fleeting.

Seriousness is the very thing wherein consisteth our sincerity. If thou art not serious, thou art not a Christian (279).

The definition of being a feminist is equality, and if you're not a feminist at this point, then what are you really promoting?

Man has become great through struggle

Some novelists are luckier than others in the eras of their formative intellectual years, but all Weltanschauungs return, which means that most novelists have at least a chance of a revival.

Education is the great equalizer, and shouldn't be limited to the wealthiest few.

If you will not lend me the money, how can I pay you?

My whole life I've been trying to prove I'm not just yesterday.