A person should set his goals as early as he can and devote all his energy and talent to getting there. With enough effort, he may achieve it. Or he may find something that is even more rewarding. But in the end, no matter what the outcome, he will know he has been alive.

Why worry? If you've done the very best you can, worrying won't make it any better

The flower that blooms in adversity is the rarest and most beautiful of all.

After the rain, the sun will reappear. There is life. After the pain, the joy will still be here.

If I depended on critics and children to make a living I'd grow broke.

There is a natural hootchy-kootchy motion to a goldfish.

Faith. Trust. and Pixie Dust.