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In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul—and sings the tune without the words—and never stops at all.

Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.

You must learn day by day, year by year, to endure what you can’t avoid.

Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.

In all my work, in the movies I write, the lyrics, the poetry, the prose, the essays, I am saying that we may encounter many defeats – maybe it’s imperative that we encounter the defeats – but we are much stronger than we appear to be and maybe much better than we allow ourselves to be. Human beings are more alike than unalike.

You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.