If a society is to preserve stability and a degree of continuity, it must learn how to keep its adolescents from imposing their tastes, values, and fantasies on everyday life.
Everything I do is geared towards improving my next performance.
Success for me is not to have all the medals. Success for me is to always do your best and try to develop and get better at every event
I'm not disappointed (at not leading), I'm just trying my best.
You can be as beautiful and charming as you'd like, but if you're not terrific at acting, it will mean nothing on the screen.
You can forgive someone almost anything. But you cannot tolerate everything. . . We don't have to tolerate what people do just because we forgive them for doing it. Forgiving heals us personally. To tolerate everything only hurts us all in the long run.
Every night before you go to bed write down three things good that happened to you that day. That's pretty much all it takes to get a happiness boost over time.
On rare occasions one does hear of a miraculous case of a married couple falling in love after marriage, but on close examination it will be found that it is a mere adjustment to the inevitable.