Words worth keeping

You are not rich until you have a rich heart.

You never change your life until you step out of your comfort zone; change begins at the end of your comfort zone.

I must be a mermaid, Rango. I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living.

Do not let the memories of your past limit the potential of your future. There are no limits to what you can achieve on your journey through life, except in your mind.

I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in.

In the endthese things matter most:How well did you love?How fully did you live?How deeply did you let go?

Life is too short to waste any amount of time on wondering what other people think about you. In the first place, if they had better things going on in their lives, they wouldn't have the time to sit around and talk about you. What's important to me is not others' opinions of me, but what's important to me is my opinion of myself.

Great heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half their greatness goes unnoticed. It is all part of the fairy tale.

Atticus, he was real nice.""Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them.

I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.

So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they're busy doing things they think are important. This is because they're chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.

Let the improvement of yourself keep you so busy that you have no time to criticize others.

Once you have read a book you care about, some part of it is always with you.

Ignore those that make you fearful and sad, that degrade you back towards disease and death.

Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.