Life has its ups and downs, so to expect otherwise is setting yourself up for disappointment.
Everyone has to contribute, or they become laborers.
If you can visualize it, if you can dream it, there's some way to do it.
The four Cs of making dreams come true: Curiosity, Courage, Consistency, Confidence.
There is more treasure in books than in all the pirates' loot on Treasure Island. . .
The important thing is to teach a child that good can always triumph over evil. . .
The sky has never been the limit. We are our own limits. It's then about breaking our personal limits and outgrowing ourselves to live our best lives. All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me.
One current of continuity runs underneath all the abortive phases of my life. From childhood on I have been obliged to drop anything I was doing to run after any man who seemed to know a little more than I did about God. . . I most want to write about: how a modern woman has sought the face of God-not the name nor the fame but the face [ital] of God-and what adventures came to meet her on this ancient human path.
I think, if you spend a day or as many people do a life working only with that aspect of your being, the cerebrum connected to a finger, I feel that the rest of you atrophies, essentially.
If you want to feel happy, do something for yourself. If you want to feel fulfilled, do something for someone else.
Alcohol, contrary to instinct, is not the secret to happiness.