Confidence is the mark of a hopeful disposition.

What you are will show, ultimately. Start now, every day, becoming, in your actions, your regular actions, what you would like to become in the bigger scheme of things.

I'm interested when things are upside down - because there are so many possibilities in that one moment. There is a lot that is exposed.

Identity is an assemblage of constellations.

We spend so much time bantering about the words when the real open conversations might very well be our actions. I worry about our rhetoric.

You can't teach talent. You can't teach inspiration. You can teach people critical facilities. You can give them techniques. You can teach discipline. And you can teach them about the business.

Each person has a literature inside them.

Hope is when you look out the window and you go, 'It doesn't look good at all, but I'm going to go beyond what I see to give people visions of what could be.'

Friendship is a wildly underrated medication.

Be more than ready. Be present in your discipline. Remember your gift. Be grateful for your gift and treat it like a gift. Cherish it, take care of it, and pass it on.

You've heard that old expression from Shakespeare, 'Just speak the speech'? The words themselves will take you to the reality of the character. And so this led me to interview people.

You may not be able to change people’s Actions, but you can choose your own Reactions. Always react Positively and be Happy!

As Gates had told the pastor that day in his house. "I can do anything I put my mind to".

When you think about the day-to-day, positive impact on the lives of U.S. citizens, there is no relationship that we have in the world that is more important than our relationship with Canada.

I am extremely proud of everything I have achieved as a cricketer, and I have found myself very fortunate to play in an era when some of English cricket's greatest moments have occurred.

Reason must be the universal rule and guide; all things must be done according to reason without allowing oneself to be swayed by emotion.

Will had laid down his heart for her and Jem to walk upon because he loved them more than he loved himself

But when you flee someone, no matter how far you roam, that person will follow you as doggedly as the stars.

Our planet is falling victim to a rigorism, so that what is done in any remote corner affects - nay, menaces - the whole. Resiliency and tolerance are lost.

What surprises me most about God is that the creator of the universe should want a relationship with me.

A lot of time, people don't do great things becoz' great things really aren't expected of them.