Resilience

A sense of humor will be your life preserver in what could definitely be a veil of tears. Relish it. Cultivate it. It is vital to your existence.

The more I thought about myself, the weaker I became. The more I recognized that I was serving a purpose larger than myself, the stronger I became.

What's just as important as having a plan is being able to adapt. A lot of the best things I've experienced are things I never knew or never expected or knew to prepare for.

With each new obstacle comes a new opportunity to grow.

Not every risk will work out, but that's okay. Failure is the world's best teacher.

If you live long enough, every defeat will turn into a victory.

Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time you fall.

Make failure your friend, but not a habit. First of all, I'm not sure survival is such a bad plan.

You're gonna fall down, but the world doesn't care how many times you fall down, as long as it's one fewer than the number of times you get back up.

Don't be afraid to be a late bloomer. Repeatedly. Remember, you have time to figure out what you want to do, who you need to be, and where you want to go. You have time to fail. You have time to try again.

Do one thing every day that scares you, and in the process, become the action hero of your own life.

Make good art. Husband runs off with a politician? Make good art. Leg crushed and then eaten by mutated boa constrictor? Make good art.