“Growth must happen in the midst of a life lived on a battlefield.”

“Life can only be understood backward, but it must be lived forward.”

“Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.”

“Strength and beauty must go together.”

“I don’t want to get to the end of my life and find that I just lived the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.”

“The secret to joy: never suppress positive curiosity; get involved because life is meant to be lived.”