“you always have to keep things fun. if you don't, no matter how many awards you win or how much money you make, you will never be happy.”

“it doesn't matter what the challenge is -athletics, business, romance, health, academics, the arts- the rule for getting up is the same. you just get up!”

“You're right . . . you can't go back. No matter how much you want to, you never can”

“That's the funny thing, she thought. You always want things to get better, but you never know how good you already have it.”

“Happiness comes in many forms — in the company of good friends, in the feeling you get when you make someone else’s dream come true, or in the promise of hope renewed. It’s okay to let yourself be happy because you never know how fleeting that happiness might be.”

“There are two things you should never do with your father: learn how to drive and learn how to kill a chicken.”

“It doesnt matter how much education you have or how much money you make, it's the way you think about money that determines how much you have.”