“Before you can be anything, you have to be yourself. That's the hardest thing to find.”

“You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.”

“When you pray, you know that you want something, that's always the first step. to let yourself know that you want something, that you yearn for it. sometimes that's the hardest thing to do. Because you have to have courage to know what you desire. You have to have courage to acknowledge that you are unhappy without it.”

“Before you can express love, you must find love. You must know love within yourself before you can express it. You must love yourself before you can give it to another.”

“Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth.”

“I find that sometimes if you just sit still, things have a way of finding you before you can find them.”