No one knows the future, but the present offers clues and hints on its direction.

Pain strengthens and failure teaches us the proper way to do things.

We are who we are, but we know who we are through our response to the changing world.

Some say they love you, but some actually "do" the loving. These are the ones that truly love you, because love is seen in actions.

It's okay for someone to tell me who they think I am, but it's not okay when they try to impose that idea on me.

Hearts everywhere bear scars of one form of hurt or the other, and it is necessary to keep this in mind when trying to understand why a person is the way he or she is.

It is what you do about the fear you feel that sets you apart, to be a coward or a courageous person.

What is their real problem? Is it the fear or is it what they do after feeling it?

By taking control of the present, you are choosing to alter the past you are making for yourself, and your future too.

People usually gossip about people they don't quite understand, are jealous of, or have other negative feelings for.

Accept loyalty gratefully, and accept betrayal with a smile, knowing that it teaches you life lessons.

No matter how bad things are, you can always make things worse.

Some people are more affected by, I hate to use the word "success," but I don't know what else to say, but some people are more affected by that than others.

There is a natural limit to the success we wish our friends, even when we have spurred them on their way.

Death ain't nothing but a fastball on the outside corner.

If you're gonna take people on a journey that deals with some pretty heavy themes, I think you best have a sense of humor, here and there.

Guard yourself against accusations, even if they are false; for the multitude are ignorant of the truth and look only to reputation.

The mere habit of learning to love is the thing; and a teachableness of disposition in a young lady is a great blessing

The only antidote to chaos is peace itself.

So in the first draft, I'm inventing people and place with a broad schematic idea of what's going to happen. In the process, of course, I discover all sorts of bigger and more substantial things.

You have your words, and I have mine.