It is impossible to live without failing at something – unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all – in which case you die by default.

J.K. Rowling 

I’m more direct than I used to be. Life’s too short to suffer half-truths and inefficiencies. Be honest. Be open. It’s magic.

Do something now that will make the person you’ll be tomorrow proud to have been the person you are today

To be old & wise, you must first have to be young & stupid

Don’t be in such a hurry to condemn a person because he doesn’t do what you do, or think as you think. There was a time when you didn’t know what you know today
Malcolm X

People exaggerate both happiness and unhappiness; we are never so fortunate nor so unfortunate as people say we are.

Honoré de Balzac

The best way to treat obstacles is to use them as stepping–stones. Laugh at them, tread on them, and let them lead you to something better.’