But tears don't bring back the dead. I learned that.

Fer in our dreams we find ourselves. Who we were. Who we are. Who we can become. Sleep. Dream.

There are some people, she says, not many, who have within them the power to change things. The courage to act in the service of somethin greater than themselves.

I weep fer the livin. I weep fer the dead. I weep fer the yet to be born.

There's some wounds that run too deep to be seen. They're the most dangerous.

Maybe I did mean to kill myself. I didn't think it outright but...maybe the truth is, I didn't--I don't--much care one way or th'other.

The mask's back in place. The heard-it-all smile. The seen-it-all eyes.

We like to think we’re in charge of our own lives, but we ain’t.

Stress does not come from problems. It originates from fear which comes from the anticipation of problems.

When God blesses you financially, don't raise your standard of living. Raise your standard of giving.

A human being in perfection ought always to preserve a calm and peaceful mind and never to allow passion or a transitory desire to disturb his tranquility.

All deaths, all endings, are a path to the next beginning.

If you agree with some tenets of Objectivism, but disagree with others, do not call yourself an Objectivist; give proper authorship credit for the parts you agree with

If I look what sport has done in my life, I don't think there's any doubt that sport can change lives.

Spite of all modesty, a man must own a pleasure in the hearing of his praise.

If you have millions of dollars you are not going to get to continue doing what you want. You are into a world of commitment to that money and all the people that helped you get that money.

Under the force of the imagination, nature itself is changed.

Most people think of ballet as children in little tutus. They don't know it is sweat, blood and tears as well!