Acknowledge people, not their jobs.

....What I learned was that these athletes were not disabled, they were superabled. The Olympics is where heroes are made. The Paralympics is where heroes come.

It wasn't enough to be positive, focused and fearless, I had to take action! Musicians say that the hardest part of practicing is taking the instrument out of the case. To begin is to be half done!

If you can change your mind, you can change the world. Before you can be creative, you must be courageous. Creativity is the destination, but courage is the journey.

When you pray, you talk to God. When you meditate, you listen to God.

.....before we can change the world we need to change our minds.

The people who ignite our imaginations in the next century will become the idea barons. Gray matter will be their real estate, and their net worth will be determined by what grows out of it.

History is littered with people who came up with great ideas and saw others profit from them. You need to make sure you don't join their ranks.

The road to success just might be your driveway.

But anyone who only expects thinking to give assurances, and awaits the day when we can go beyond it as unnecessary, is demanding that thought annihilate itself.

You should be able to quit ten things you're good at to master one thing you're best at.

Don't just consume things, create things

Whenever you put a man on the Supreme Court he ceases to be your friend.

The reason I love being a senator is that I can have whatever thoughts I have, say whatever I want about any subject at any time, and that is a wonderful feeling of freedom, and I cherish that.

When you're the spokeswoman for a weight-loss program, everything is witnessed. I weigh in once a week with a witness. I have to sign an affidavit saying I cannot have any surgeries.

I don't really believe in cliques - I think everyone can be friends with everyone.

There was a perfection to the moment that made Sienna think: Yes, this is it. This is who we're meant to be together.

Maturity is when you live your life by your commitments, not by your feelings.

For me, photography must be visual, rather than intellectual and ideological.