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Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.

In this bright future you can't forget your past.

Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.

Sometimes if you want to see a change for the better, you have to take things into your own hands.

Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.

To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it!

Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time. Never make your most important decisions when you are in your worst moods. Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. The spring will come.

Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you.

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.

There is something at work that's bigger than us. It's about having a trust in life and being at peace that things are happening the way they should. You do what you do as well as you can do it, and then you don't worry or agonize about the outcome.

Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.

Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.

What is ominous is the ease with which some people go from saying that they don't like something to saying that the government should forbid it. When you go down that road, don't expect freedom to survive very long.

You don't always just have to do an indie movie to feel like you're controlling it with a few people that you really have connected with, creatively. You can do it on a bigger scale.

Avoid popularity if you would have peace.

I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate.

You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.

If you die you're completely happy and your soul somewhere lives on. I'm not afraid of dying. Total peace after death, becoming someone else is the best hope I've got.

I have known a vast quantity of nonsense talked about bad men not looking you in the face. Don't trust that conventional idea. Dishonesty will stare honesty out of countenance any day in the week, if there is anything to be got by it.

I have many regrets, and I'm sure everyone does. The stupid things you do, you regret... if you have any sense, and if you don't regret them, maybe you're stupid.

A #2 pencil and a dream can take you anywhere.

I believe the ability to think is blessed. If you can think about a situation, you can deal with it. The big struggle is to keep your head clear enough to think.

You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you don't trust enough.

You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals.

Everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time.

You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.

If you tell people where to go, but not how to get there, you'll be amazed at the results.

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

We can always choose to perceive things differently. You can focus on what's wrong in your life, or you can focus on what's right.