Continue. Be loving and be strong. Be fierce and be kind. And don't give in and don't give up.'

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!

Women have a role to play in global development.

The future of Cuba is one earned by a country that has resisted for over 50 years against the most powerful empire on Earth. The resilience of its people made this triumph materialize.

If God wishes to reveal the love that he harbors for the world, this love has to be something that the world can recognize, in spite of, or in fact in, its being wholly other.

Armies, and debts, and taxes are the known instruments for bringing the many under the domination of the few.

It is a happy woman when the spirit time is come, that finds herself in the presence of a good man.

What makes an actor, I think, is a combination of a deep curiosity about life and a case of the crazies.

Compared with the awesome might and eternal power of the ocean, no human being can fail to be reminded of their own insignificance.

But once you strip that down, you realize it's all about a voice, like a Norah Jones - that's inspiring to me.

Housework is like cleaning fish. No matter how often you do it, it still stinks.

If one's conscience is willing to confess whatever sins have been committed, including the sin of unbelief, it will be sorrowful in a godly way, earnestly desiring the mercy of God.