Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth.

I started questioning gender-based assumptions a long time ago. When I was eight, I was confused at being called “bossy,” because I wanted to direct the plays that we would put on for our parents — but the boys were not.

Service is the rent that you pay for room on this earth.

You can't be that kid standing at the top of the waterslide, overthinking it. You have to go down the chute.

Don't feel entitled to anything you didn't sweat and struggle for.

The more one does and sees and feels, the more one is able to do, and the more genuine may be one's appreciation of fundamental things like home, and love, and understanding companionship.