Unless I accept my faults, I will most certainly doubt my virtues.

perfectionism is a slow death. if everything were to turn out just like i would want it to, just like i would plan for it to, then i would never experience anything new; my life would be an endless repetition of stale successes. when i make a mistake i experience something unexpected.... when i have listened to my mistakes i have grown.

One element of maturity is the realization that we don't get away with anything. Any advantage gained or convenience taken, any private procrastination or insincerity, no matter how subtle or quick in passing, is paid for.

I talk because I feel, and I talk to you because I want you to know how I feel.

It's not that "today is the first day of the rest of my life," but that now is all there is of my life.

There were seventy-five people in the lobby and only a seven-year-old girl was finding out what it felt like to sit on the Marble Floor

We are all saying the same thing in different words.