“its better to stay who you are, than trying to be someone else”

“Never try to be better than someone else. Learn from others, and try to be the best you can be. Success is the by-product of that preparation.”

“It is better to be alone, she figures, than to be with someone who can't see who you are. It is better to lead than to follow. It is better to speak up than stay silent. It is better to open doors than to shut them on people.She will not be simple and sweet. She will not be what people tell her to be. That Bunny Rabbit is dead.”

“The problem with comparison is that you always feel either better than someone else or worthless compared to someone else.”

“A fundamentalist is someone who wants to substitute what he believes for what you believe," Max said. "And someone who thinks he knows the will of God better than anyone else.”

“Every man in the world is better than someone else and not as good as someone else.”