“Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn't have the power to say yes.”

“Unless someone truly has the power to say no, they never truly have the power to say yes”

“People say that you always have to tell the truth. But they do not mean this because you are not allowed to tell old people that they are old and you are not allowed to tell people if they smell funny or if a grown-up has made a fart. And you are not allowed to say, 'I don't like you,' unless that person has been horrible to you.”

“You can never tell you the mountain will allow and who it will not.”

“For every person who will say yes, there are twenty who will say no. For a positive response you must find the twenty-first person.”

“He who gives life, nourishes life. He listens, this I can tell you. Whatever happens, He's listening. He doesn't always answer right away. He doesn't always say yes. But He's listening. This much I promise you.”