There’s nothing so kingly as kindness, and nothing so royal as truth.

You can't shake hands with a clenched fist.

I learned that you have to push away the demand of people's expectations by believing in your instincts.

I want to make a New Year’s prayer, not a resolution. I’m praying for courage.

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.

You know the greatest thing is passion, without it what have you got?

You live out the confusions until they become clear.

We are all of us obliged... to nurse a few little follies in ourselves.

Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.

Happiness is not made by what we own. It is what we share.

It is not enough to know your craft — you have to have feeling.

What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.