When someone tells me “no,” it doesn't mean I can't do it, it simply means I can't do it with them.

We turn not older with years, but newer every day.

The mind is like a car battery — it recharges by running.

I believe great people do things before they are ready.

Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature.

We all get where we’re going by circuitous journeys, and some of the setbacks are warranted.

A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.

The worst enemy to creativity is self doubt.

Optimism is a happiness magnet.

A true friend is one soul in two bodies.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it.

One has to shut off that nagging part of the mind and go on without it with bravo and philosophy.