Compassion can drive us to do amazing things and give us perspective.

I don't need easy, I just need possible.

Courage doesn't mean you don't get afraid. Courage means you don't let fear stop you.

People can do whatever they want if they just set their heart to it, and just never give up, and just go out there and do it.

Life is a lot like surfing… When you get caught in the impact zone, you’ve got to just get back up. Because you never know what may be over the next wave.

Life is full of what-ifs. You can’t let it hold you back. If you do, you’re not really living at all… just kind of going through the motions with no meaning

Love is bigger then a tsunami, stronger then any fear.

Being creative on the waves is challenging, but we each create art in our own way.

Courage, sacrifice, determination, commitment, toughness, heart, talent, guts. That's what little girls are made of; the heck with sugar and spice.

We all go through rough times. We have those obstacles that seem too large to overcome or that current that you never seem to swim out of. We have to decide what matters most to us - our passions.

My strength came from my relationship with Christ and from the love and encouragement of my family and friends.

Human nature, though being the product of historical evolution, has certain inherent mechanisms and laws, to discover which is the task of psychology.

The seething rage that accompanies the truly despondent, effaces the delusional that mock from the safety of their shared illusion.

The entire universe is a great theatre of mirrors.

I'm not sure that people want to go back to the womb. People want to go back to the teats of your mother and hear your mother's heartbeat.

The lessons of nonviolence are universal. Not just for America.

Investing one cent more in oil, coal and gas is investing in the death of society, and the in the death of our children.

Thrift is a great revenue.

Storytelling sticks in the mind because it attaches emotions to events, and that's the way we remember things. If you don't tell stories, no one will remember what you say.

The first movie I saw - and I don't know if it influenced me - was 'Ben Hur'.

They all lie, from the top man down to the bottom. If their lips are moving, a lie is unfolding.