“Don't be afraid to hit the ball.”

“We can either watch life from the sidelines, or actively participate....Either we let self-doubt and feelings of inadequacy prevent us from realizing our potential, or embrace the fact that when we turn our attention away from ourselves, our potential is limitless.”

“Once we believe in ourselves we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight or any experience that reveals the human spirit.”

“Whatever you do in life, remember: Think higher and feel deeper. It cannot be bad if you do that.”

“The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t find them, make them.”

“Boldness, and again boldness, and always boldness!”

“You must stir it and stump it, and blow your own trumpet, or trust me, you haven't a chance.”

“True happiness involves the pursuit of worthy goals. Without dreams, without risks, only a trivial semblance of living can be achieved.”

“We generate the results in life we believe we deserve. ”

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

“Character—the willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life—is the source from which self-respect springs.”

“If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.”

“To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it.”

“I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.”

“No matter where you are on your journey, that’s exactly where you need to be. The next road is always ahead.”

“It's only when you make the process your goal that the big dream can follow.”

“The secret of making something work in your lives is, first of all, the deep desire to make it work; then the faith and belief that it can work; then to hold that clear definite vision in your consciousness and see it working out step by step, without one doubt or disbelief.”

“Put blinders on to those things that conspire to hold you back, especially the ones in your own head.”

“If you allow yourself to breathe into the depth, wonder, beauty, craziness, and strife—everything that represents the fullness of your life—you can live fearlessly. Because you come to realize that if you just keep breathing, you cannot be conquered.”

“The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live as only you can.”