They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for. ― Tom Bodett

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I'm not a film star; I am an actress. Being a film star is such a false life, lived for fake values and for publicity.

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What lies before us and what lies behind us are small matters compared to what lies within us. And when we bring what is within out into the world, miracles happen. ― Henry David Thoreau

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Every strike brings me closer to the next home run. - Babe Ruth

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Don't you ever let a soul in the world tell you that you can't be exactly who you are.

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Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.

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You have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn't worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.

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You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf. — Jon Kabat-Zinn

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The greatest happiness is when the eye discovers beauty where neither then mind conceived of nor the hand intended any. ― Orhan Pamuk

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Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. ― Calvin Coolidge

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