A duel in which you’re 100% sure of victory becomes just another boring exercise. When you give in your 100%, but you aren’t certain of victory, yet aren’t scared of losing, it becomes much more interesting.

I fall too easily; it gives me the chance to rise more quickly. When I feel pains in my muscles, it’s only a sign that they are growing.

Knowing that one thing you want is a great step. Sure, whether you prefer or not, you’ll get offers, and many will seem that one thing you want.

Honesty can sometimes be so brutal to take in. It’s usual to get so drowned in perceived idealism that you can’t seem to separate it from honest reality. If, and when, you can separate the two, the gaiety of fantasy is destroyed.

I’ve lost so many battles than I can even remember. What I never knew, though, was that I was actually stronger than I thought I was.

If everyone just accepted you the way you are, then, probably, you’d still be the way you were. So for anyone who didn’t accept you at one point, just give ‘em a smile in your heart and say, “Thank You”!

You make the decision to love everyday, whether you feel the magic or not. It’s the decision that creates perseverance, not the feeling of love in itself, because sometimes, butterflies do not suffice.

Note: The most relevant gestures we miss from our everyday interactions aren’t the most grandiose. The subtle little here and there gestures are sometimes of profound depth than the grandiose we expect or see.

Trying to get something for nothing?′ – even mother nature abhors it.

The more you try, so desperately, to prove a point to get someone’s approval, the more fleeting that approval might be, causing a chain of depreciation of self-esteem. Sometimes, all you need do is truly love yourself and get only the approval and acceptance of the inner self.