Graduation

Fear is the most corrosive force in human life. It deforms us and crushes the best in us.

Live your own life, not the life that others expect of you. The only life worth living is one that is truly your own.

When someone close to you dies, it is not the big moments you remember, but small moments — the seemingly insignificant way Dave wheezed slightly when he laughed hard, or how he loved the way the earth smelled in the fall. If you can notice these moments, breathe them in, even for a second, then you have achieved success.

Our wounds are our best lessons, our life's biggest teachers. I have seen powerful love that has changed me forever. It has made me try to walk in other shoes, show more compassion and humility.

I just wanted him to keep staring at the bird, because we both know that it could fly away at any moment.

When someone close to you dies, it is not the big moments you remember, but small moments. If you can notice these moments, breathe them in, even for a second, on your way to the courtroom, or the office, then you have achieved success.

Our wounds are our best lessons, our life's biggest teachers.

Why take the trip if you're not going to enjoy the ride?

You must knock on doors until your knuckles bleed. Doors will slam in your face, I guarantee it. You must pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and go back and knock again. It's the only way to achieve your goals in life.

Sometimes you have to take calculated risks and roll the dice, or risk growing old and having to say, 'I could have been....'

Don't believe them when they tell you how bad you are and how terrible your ideas are, but also, don't believe them when they start telling you how wonderful you are and how great your ideas are. Just believe in yourself and believe in your work and you'll do just fine.

If you believe in yourself, others will too. And if you have confidence in who you are, there is no end to what you can accomplish.