Critique:

It is a pity that the composer did not leave directions as to how flat he really did want it sung.

Anonymous

Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.

Dr. Seuss

Live all you can - it's a mistake not to. It doesn't so much matter what you do in particular, so long as you have your life. If you haven't had that, what have you had?

Henry James

Example moves the world more than doctrine.

Henry Miller

Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. You must be able to sustain yourself against staggering blows and unfair reversals. When I think back to those first couple of years in Rome, those endless rejections, without a glimmer of encouragement from anyone, all those failed screen tests, and yet I never let my desire slide away from me, my belief in myself and what I felt I could achieve.

Sophia Loren