Growth

Act III is everything. No matter the strength of the foundation, the assorted catastrophes of the Second Act, if we don't have Act III, we're really in trouble. Will the heroine pull it out in the end, or does she falter?

It's hard to live up to your potential when you don't like what you do.

Keep chasing those moments where you discover something new about your voice. Don't ever let that end.

The real danger is all that smoke that's been blown up your graduation gowns about how freaking smart you are. Well, you are that smart, but don't believe the hype.

Today is not the day you switch from receive to transmit. Once you do that, your education is over. And your education should never be over.

Your experience facing and overcoming adversity is actually one of your biggest advantages.

When you hear someone longing for the 'good old days,' take it with a grain of salt. The 'good old days' weren't that great.

Gear yourself for the long haul. Success, however small, however incomplete, success is still success. Better is good. It may not be perfect, it may not be great, but it's good. That's how progress happens.

If you are lucky, you will never lose the sensation of terror that precedes discovery, nor the delight that follows.

You are about to enter the most uncertain and thrilling period of your lives. The stories you are about to live are the ones you will be telling your children and grandchildren and therapists.

I learned that unlikely events — the things we say could never happen to us — happen all the time, because there are so many possible unlikely events that a few of them will happen.

Don't be so focused in your plans that you are unwilling to consider the unexpected. The most exciting parts of your life aren't even on your radar screen.