#advice

"We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand."

"I don't care if you're black, white, straight, bisexual, gay, lesbian, short, tall, fat, skinny, rich or poor. If you're nice to me, I'll be nice to you. Simple as that."

"Never miss a good chance to shut up."

"If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties."

"No one asked you to be happy. Get to work."

"This is your life – not your parents’, teachers’ or significant other’s. If you ever find yourself on a path that just doesn’t feel safe anymore, you have every right to stop the car, get out – change your shoes and start walking."

"If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth writing."

"Pack a pillow and blanket and see as much of the world as you can.You will not regret it."

"Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud."

"When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them."

"My advice to young entrepreneurs is not to accept defeat in the face of odds, and challenge negative forces with hope, self-confidence and conviction."

"My advice would be to follow your dream. Most of my life, I was in second place before I came in first place. I hope that inspired people to never give up."

"If you don't think you need to develop your personal brand, my advice for you comes in the wisdom of two road signs: STOP; DEAD END."

"We must not be so ready to fancy ourselves intentionally injured. We must not expect a lively young man to be always so guarded and circumspect. It is very often nothing but our own vanity that deceives us. Women fancy admiration means more than it does."

"You have to wait for your mind to catch up with whatever it is it’s working on; then you can write a novel."

"Talk is free but the wise man chooses when to spend his words."

"Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country."

"Write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open."

"My advice to aspiring writers is to read more, write more, and network more. More, more, and more. Then, after you've done all that, do it some more."

"Be happy without picking flaws."