John Lynskey

"If the time is not ripe, we have to ripen the time." - Dorothy Height

"What strikes me is that there's a very fine line between success and failure. Just one ingredient can make the difference." - Andrew Lloyd Webber

"We are on the move now ... Like an idea whose time has come, not even the marching of mighty armies can halt us. We are moving to the land of freedom ..." - Martin Luther King Jr.

Everyone can prepare you for failure, but very few can prepare you for success.

"How many times have you noticed that it’s the little quiet moments in the midst of life that seem to give the rest extra-special meaning?" - Fred "Mister" Rogers

The longest journey starts with a single step - so take it now.

"A good friend is like a four-leaf clover, hard to find and lucky to have." - Irish Proverb

It does not matter how slowly you progress, as long as you do not stop

Choose to be optimistic; it just feels better!

"I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate." - George Burns

Because you are alive, everything is possible.

"Life is not what one lived, but what one remembers and how one remembers it in order to recount it." - Gabriel García Márquez, from "Living to Tell the Tale

"If you can't do it with feeling—don’t bother.” - Patsy Cline

Discipline is doing what you hate to do, but doing it as if you like it.

You don’t need a lot of friends, just the right ones.

"And I knew that it was better to live out one's absurdity than to die for that of others." - Ralph Ellison, from "Invisible Man"

"All your life, you will be faced with a choice. You can choose love or hate … I choose love." - Johnny Cash

"If you’re following your calling, the fatigue will be easier to bear, the disappointments will be fuel, the highs will be like nothing you’ve ever felt." - Phil Knight

"An artist's duty, as far as I'm concerned, is to reflect the times." - Nina Simone

"Mockingbirds don't do one thing except make music for us to enjoy ... That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." - Harper Lee, from "To Kill a Mockingbird"