“You'll never achieve real success unless you like what you're doing.”
Testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/11/AR2007011100437_3.html, January 11, 2007.
"Everyday Bravery" (25 March 2007) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_dppH8kaeo
Context: You know you're already brave. You don't get very far in life without having to be brave an awful lot. Because we all have our frightening moments and difficult trials and we don't have much of a choice but to get through 'em, and it takes a lot of bravery to do that. The most important thing about bravery is this — It's not about not being scared — it's about being scared and doing it anyway — that's bravery.
“You'll hit gold more often if you simply try out a lot of things.”
“Scared is what you're feeling," says Ma, "but brave is what you're doing.”
Source: Room (novel) (2010)
“Your birth is a mistake you'll spend your whole life trying to correct.”
Source: Invisible Monsters
If You Want to Feel
Song lyrics, Living Room Suite (1978)
