Patience and tenacity of purpose are worth more than twice their weight of cleverness.

My dark days made me strong. Or maybe I already was strong, and they made me prove it.

Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.

Love... is the honoring of others in a way that grants them the grace of their own autonomy.

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

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

The chief prevention against getting old is to remain astonished.

I can't give you a recipe for success, but I can give you a recipe for failure: try to please everybody.

The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

To go wrong in one's own way is better than to go right in someone else's.

'Tis never too late to be wise.

Success isn’t about how your life looks to others; it’s about how it feels to you.