“But there was a difference between being stuck and choosing to stay. Between being found and finding yourself.”

“Love doesn't come with an on-off switch. It's made of too many threads of memory and hope and heartache that weave themselves into the very core of who you are.”

“But the people who mattered were the people you chose instead of the people who were yours by an accident of birth. Real family was heart as much as, if not more than, blood.”

“Things, and people, were always more beautiful when you were afraid to lose them.”

“We've lost a lot of years, but you can't lose love. Not real love. It stays locked inside you, ready for whenever you are strong enough to find it again.”

“Is there a reason you look like you want to murder me?""Not particularly. You have that effect on people.”

“If you have a good idea, use it so that you will not only accomplish something, but so that you can make room for new ones to flow into you.”

“The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.”

“Nothing that happens to you was meant to be. The only thing about you that was meant to be is you. Blaze your own trail.”

“Many people spend more time looking at their failures than focusing on their successes.”

“Dont blame others. it wont make you a better person.”

“Becoming a great leader doesnt mean being perfect. it means living with your imperfections.”

“If a man does not work passionately - even furiously - at being the best in the world at what he does, he fails his talent, his destiny, and his God.”

“I mean a man whose hopes and aims may sometimes lie (as most men's sometimes do, I dare say) above the ordinary level, but to whom the ordinary level will be high enough after all if it should prov...”

“Not everything you're good at is what you're called to do.”