Resilience — the ability to brush off pain.

What I am is good enough if I would only be it openly.

You don't always have to be doing something. You can just be, and that's plenty.

Do not pray for an easy life; pray for the strength to endure a difficult one.

The only safe thing is to take a chance.

My only consolation when I am really sad is to love and to be loved.

Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.

I want to become acutely aware of all I’ve taken for granted.

Feel compliments as deeply as you feel insults.

If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.

Your path is at your feet whether you realize it or not.

What good is warmth without cold to give it sweetness?