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.

Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.

The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.

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

Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go they merely determine where you start.

Love and desire are the spirit's wings to great deeds.

There is nothing stronger in the world than gentleness.

Great hopes make great men.

And now, this is the sweetest and most glorious day that ever my eyes did see.

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.