“What’s the point of being a magician if you can’t wave your wand and make the people you care about feel better?”

“At the time I thought what I had with you and your mother was better than nothing. But if you can't tell the truth to the people you care about the most, eventually you stop being able to tell the truth to yourself.”

“You can’t make someone feel good about themselves until you feel good about
yourself.”

“You can’t change how people feel about you, so don’t try. Just live your life and be happy.”

“What’s the point of being in charge if you can’t indulge in pointless favoritism.”

“You can’t part the waters without making some waves.”

“Your soul doesn't care what you do for a living - and when your life is over, neither will you. Your soul cares only about what you are being while you are doing whatever you are doing.”

“If you spend your life sparing people’s feelings and feeding their vanity, you get so you can’t distinguish what should be respected in them.”

“The minute you start caring about what other people think, is the minute you stop being yourself.”

“Liquor doesn’t make you feel better. Just makes you not so worried about feeling bad.”