“May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you’re wonderful, and don’t forget to make some art --write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself.”

“When someone leaves, it’s because someone else is about to arrive.”

“I believe in karma. That means I can do bad things to you all day long and I assume you deserve it.”

“Perseverance is the key to unlocking your potential”

“Words have a magical power. They can bring either the greatest happiness or deepest despair.”

“What you seek is seeking you”

“Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching”

“The moment you give up is the moment you let someone else win.”

“Begin to be now what you will be hereafter”

“People who take risks are the people you'll lose against”

“I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what...”

“The beginning is perhaps more difficult than anything else, but keep heart, it will turn o...”

“Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.”