Learn from the mistakes of others. You can never live long enough to make them all yourself.
You can have it all. Just not all at once.
We must be willing to let go of the life we planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.
A girl should be two things: who and what she wants.
Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it.
Though she be but little, she is fierce!
Stepping onto a brand-new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation, which is not nurturing to the whole woman.
No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind.
Courage is grace under pressure.
Don't you ever let a soul in the world tell you that you can't be exactly who you are.
Everyone wants to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.
Wake up and live.
Just be yourself, there is no one better.
No matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.
What is a teacher? I’ll tell you: it isn’t someone who teaches something, but someone who inspires the student to give of her best in order to discover what she already knows.
I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one.
Study hard what interests you the most in the most undisciplined, irreverent and original manner possible.
Experience life in all possible ways – good, bad, bitter-sweet, dark, light, summer, winter. Experience all the dualities. Don’t be afraid of experience, because the more experience you have, the more mature you become.
To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.
If you do follow your bliss you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. Follow your bliss and don’t be afraid, and doors will open where you didn’t know they were going to be.