Security is worthless if you have to sacrifice growth to get it

Passion requires focused direction, and that direction must come from three other areas: your purpose, your talents, and your needs.

Waiting for clarity is like being a sculptor staring at a piece of marble, waiting for the statue within to cast off the unneeded pieces. Do not wait for clarity to spontaneously materialize-gra b a chisel and get busy!

You are too free and untamable to be labeled.

If you want to express your creativity, then don't choose a path where someone else tells you what to do and how to do it. Choose a path where creativity is rewarded, not punished.

People in their early 20s are invariably weird.

I learned that accepting others and accepting myself are two sides of the same coin; you can't love and accept yourself without doing the same for others.