Bruce Feirstein

We grow great by dreams.

To give away money is an easy matter, and in any man’s power. But to decide to whom to give it, and how large and when, and for what purpose and how, is neither in every man’s power, nor an easy matter. Hence it is that such excellence is rare, praiseworthy, and noble.

It takes a person who is wide-awake to make his dream come true.

If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.

If you are going to dream, dream big.

Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for.

The price of excellence is discipline. The cost of mediocrity is disappointment.

It was character that got us out of bed, commitment that moved us into action, and discipline that enabled us to follow through.

We will either find a way or make one.

People who exercise their embryonic freedom day after day, little by little, expand that freedom. People who do not will find that it withers until they are literally being lived. They are acting out scripts written by parents, associates and society.

I would say to do you and do you well. Don’t try to be anyone else. Don’t try to emulate what someone is doing. Play to your strengths. Even if you see someone onstage that is killing it, don’t try to do what they’re doing. Just keep doing you.

All young people, regardless of sexual orientation or identity, deserve a safe and supportive environment in which to achieve their full potential.

Success is not to be measured by the position someone has reached in life, but the obstacles he has overcome while trying to succeed.

If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.

You are what you think about all day long.