If you want the best the world has to offer, offer the world your best. - Oprah Winfrey

As long as other people's opinions matter more than your own, you're owned by them. You're not even free.

No matter what challenge you may be facing, you must remember that while the canvas of your life is painted with daily experiences, behaviors, reactions, and emotions, you’re the one controlling the brush. If I had known this at 21, I could have saved myself a lot of heartache and self-doubt. It would have been a revelation to understand that we are all the artists of our own lives — and that we can use as many colors and brushstrokes as we like.

It makes no difference how many peaks you reach if there was no pleasure in the climb.