As precious as life itself is our heritage of individual freedom, for man's free agency is a God-given gift.

Let us realize that: the privilege to work is a gift, the power to work is a blessing, the love of work is success!

I'm going to tell you the most important secret of human life. The most critical need of the human soul is to be kind.

The greatest work we will ever do will be within the walls of our home.

There should be no yelling in the home unless there is a fire.

Your thoughts are the architects of your destiny.

Find a purpose in life so big it will challenge every capacity to be at your best.

Being a parent is the greatest trust that has been given to human beings.

Happiness and peace will come to earth only as the light of love and human compassion enter the souls of men.

True happiness comes only by making others happy.

I think it must be apparent to every thinking mind that the noblest of all professions is that of teaching, and that upon the effectiveness of that teaching hangs the destiny of nations.

Feminism hasn't failed, it's just never been tried.

My parents couldn't handle my energy so they enrolled me in every sport the school was offering. I didn't resent it because I loved sports and picked them up easily.

As a writer, you live in such isolation. It's hard to imagine your book has a life beyond you.

I believe that the U.S. can and should be a global leader in the development of alternative energy sources.

Die Hard 2 was okay. It was a little outside the template but it was okay, a hard movie to make technically. Did well at the box office. Successful.

I'm not romantic at all. I'm a moaner. I should be on Grumpy Old Men. I'm terrible.

I don't think people hear my songs and think, "Well this is a way to make a bunch of money."

I know that I want to wait for something that I really feel great about.

If I had to imagine omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent power in the universe that chose to make my mother suffer, I don't know how I would make that make sense in the universe.

Those of us who make up poems have agreed not to say what the pain is.