Cynicism cripples our imagination and limits our ability to see faint possibilities amidst glaring problems.

It is okay not to like someone, but it is never okay to try and degrade, humiliate, or dehumanize them.

Leadership is not a position or a title, it is action and example.

The world you see outside of you will always be a reflection of what you have inside of you.

Before you speak to me about your religion, first show it to me in how you treat other people. Before you tell me how much you love your God, show me in how much you love all His children.

Don't let your inability to do everything undermine your determination to do something.

When happy, be kind. When angry, be kind. When hopeful, be kind. When discouraged, be kind. When ever, be kind.

No matter what, we always have the power to choose hope over despair, engagement over apathy, kindness over indifference, love over hate.

The right attitude can transform a barrier into a blessing, an obstacle into an opportunity or a stumbling block into a stepping stone.

Give the respect you want to receive; embody the grace you hope to encounter; and help others with no expectations whatsoever.

Give more than is expected, love more than seems wise, serve more than seems necessary, and help more than is asked.

When you are like the tree, there is oneness with the Earth, Sun and Moon, but still steadfast in your purpose.

Your better life is as close and as easy as making the choice to pick up your Bible each day, open it up, and let God speak to you.

Late on the third day, at the very moment when, at sunset, ..., there flashed upon my mind, unforeseen and unsought, the phrase “Ehrfurcht vor dem Leben” (“reverence for life”).

Women tend to reinvest their proceeds in one another, in their communities, in their children.

I think when you're 16, if you have good parents, they generally just fade in the background. I had great parents, and because they were great, I thought very little about them in high school.

I don't feel old. Okay, maybe I do when I get in a conversation with Earl Thomas, who was born in 1989.

It's really challenging to play comedy.

All true success flows out of giving something to someone.

The greatest crime is not developing your potential. When you do what you do best, you are helping not only yourself, but the world.

A man of maxims only is like a Cyclops with one eye, and that in the back of his head.