A leader sees greatness in other people. He nor she can be much of a leader if all she sees is herself.

Nothing will work unless you do.

A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. They simply strengthen your ability to overcome.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style

If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.

You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!

Happiness does not come in large incomes or the most exotic home, it comes in small doses of a great self esteem which can be built upon the strengths of an individual.

Because we were a poor area, the school had a small budget and was unable to teach the second half of the alphabet.

That's what's happening... zombies are out... but in hour movie... not in series.

The main lesson about prayer is just this: Do it! Do it! Do it! You want to be taught to pray? My answer is: pray.

I have always been first and foremost a cinephile, so making references to other films is second nature to me.

I'm folding up my little dreams Within my heart tonight, And praying I may soon forget The torture of their sight.

Whenever something is wrong, something is too big.

Like an animal, cancer sleeps, prowls, hibernates, turns surly or placid.

You can never separate yourself from who you are. You bring your whole self to everything that you do.

I obtained a job at the Library of Congress. I loved books, so I felt at home. I was going to end up, I thought, majoring in English and teach at the college level.