❝ You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who’ll decide where to go…

❝ Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.

❝ Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you’ll find one at the end of your arm. As you grow older you will discover that you have two hands. One for helping yourself, the other for helping others.

❝ You get the best out of others when you get the best out of yourself.

❝ If you’re walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually you’ll make progress.

❝ A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew.

❝ If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with.

❝ The world is a much more beautiful and incredible place than you think, and each of us has a great deal of power to make it more so.

❝ Life is filled with so many exciting twists and turns. Hop off the straight and narrow whenever you can and take the winding paths. Experience the exhilaration of the view from the edge. Because the moments spent there, that take your breath away, are what make you feel truly alive.

❝ It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all.