Every time you have to make a choice about anything, think Does this go toward or away from what I want? Always choose what goes toward what you want.

It's only too late if you don't start now.

Thinking about swimming isn't much like actually getting in the water. Actually getting in the water can take your breath away.

The first step is to find out what you love - and don't be practical about it. The second step is to start doing what you love immediately, in any small way possible.

DO IT RIGHT, DO IT WRONG, BUT DO IT. Squeeze your eyes shut and jump. Because a wonderful thing happens then. Your focus shifts from yourself, your nervousness, and your imagined inadequacies to the task at hand.

We are like violins. We can be used as doorstops, or we can make music.

Becoming mature means learning to accept what you cannot change, facing unresolved sorrows and learning to love life as it really happens, not as you would have it happen.