My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive;... - Maya Angelou

"Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it."

"You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead pursue the things you love doing and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off of you."

"Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him."

"What I try to do is write. I may write for two weeks ‘the cat sat on the mat, that is that, not a rat,’.... And it might be just the most boring and awful stuff. But I try. When I’m writing, I write. And then it’s as if the muse is convinced that I’m serious and says, ‘Okay. Okay. I’ll come."

"All great achievements require time."