The only thing that ultimately matters is to eat an ice-cream cone, play a slide trombone, plant a small tree, good God, now you're free.

Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.

Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.

Hope is some extraordinary spiritual grace that God gives us to control our fears, not to oust them.

Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like a hailstorm.

Great hopes make great men.

You are always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a different past.

I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life - and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.

What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail?

What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail?