"He who lives by the crystal ball will eat shattered glass."

"Hardship often prepares an ordinary person for an extraordinary destiny."

"If you never take risks, you'll never accomplish great things. Everybody dies, but not everyone has lived."

"I think that if God forgives us we must forgive ourselves. Otherwise, it is almost like setting up ourselves as a higher tribunal than Him."

"Hope is the power that gives a person the confidence to step out and try."

"Remember that failure is an event, not a person."