Trust is hard to gain, but it is even harder to regain once lost.

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.

A sense of solidarity among fifteen-to-thirty-year-olds would be a menace to civilized society even in the best of times.

A life spent waiting for your paycheck, measured out in work hours...A lifetime spent buying everything retail while selling oneself wholesale - L'amour Existe (1960)

I stared at her. Maybe I wasn't the brightest guy in the world when it came to girls, but I was pretty sure Rachel had just dumped me, which was lame considering we'd never even been together.

I've been writing a lot of songs in twos, songs that are like twins in my mind.

The world only goes round by misunderstanding.

I didn't go to Cirque Lodge for alcohol abuse or drug abuse.

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.

We know you can bunt, Mick. You're not down here to bunt. You're here to get some hits and get your swing back.

Nothing is better than music; when it takes us out of time, it has done more for us than we have the right to hope for.

So much of parenting is following your instincts, and taking the time to actually know your child.