“The talent is not the gift but the courage to do something with it.”

“because talent alone doesn't make an artist”

“Normal life is a gift.”

“There is an advantage in every disadvantage and a gift in every problem.”

“Talent is like a ladder, it'll take you up to God or down to Hell. It depends on how you use it.”

“You're more beautiful than you know, more talented than you think, and more loved than you can imagine.”

“Our minds, like our bodies, are in continual flux; something is hourly lost, and something acquired... Do not suffer life to stagnate; it will grow muddy for want of motion: commit yourself again to the current of the world.”