Beneath the skin, beyond the differing features and into the true heart of being, fundamentally, we are more alike, my friend, than we are unalike.

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!

What hope is there?" I asked. "If even angels fall, what hope is there for the rest of us?

There are some people that you cannot change you must either swallow them whole or leave them alone.

There are no temptations from which assailed virtue may not gain strength, instead of falling before them, vanquished and subdued.

My voice is soft, but oh, my heart roars!

I think Ronald Reagan was one of the great presidents, period, not just recently. I thought he had the demeanor. I thought he had the bearing. I thought he had the thought process.

No brilliance is needed in the law. Nothing but common sense, and relatively clean finger nails.

You are reduced / To the after-sorrow / That will last my lifetime. The hair-tearing / Grief of the mother / Whose child has been swept away.

I love being around people who care about me, and I care about them.

I'm a self-made man. Who else would help?

I haven't had an orthodox career.