Federal overreach from agencies like the EPA is hurting family farms. I will fight against these crippling regulations, and always side with the hard working farmers and ranchers of Missouri.

Yet the basic fact remains: we live in a world marked by violence, and if we want to protect others, we sometimes have to be willing to fight.

There were a number of definitions of courage, but now I was seeing it in its simplest form: you do what has to be done day after day, and you never quit.

Remember that deciding is not doing, and wanting is not choosing. Transformation will take place not because of what you decide you want, but because of what you choose to do.

As warriors, as humanitarians, they've taught me that without courage, compassion falters, and that without compassion, courage has no direction.

...it's not enough to fight for a better world; we also have to live lives worth fighting for.

Life is short. Life is uncertain. But we know that we have today. And we have each other. I believe that for each of us, there is a place on the frontlines.

If we want to change something, we must begin with understanding. But if we want to love something, we must begin with acceptance.

Alone, human beings can feel hunger. Alone, we can feel cold. Alone, we can feel pain. To feel poor, however, is something we do only in comparison to others.

If people can live through genocide and retain compassion, if they can take strength in pain, if they are able, still, to laugh, then certainly we can learn something from them.

Warriors are warriors not because of their strengh, but because of their ability strengh to good purpose

Asking for anything is allowed with the understanding that God's answers come from God's perspective. They are not always in harmony with our expectations for only He knows the whole story.

My parents always went to rallies and demonstrated against certain things; my generation, we often have a political conscience, but we're not that involved.

To be alive is to take risks; to be always safe and secure is death.

Better speake truth rudely, then lye covertly.

Novels are . . . an unsurpassed form to understand people.

When I was in N.W.A. and didn't get paid all the money I was owed, that's when the business side of showbiz hit me.

Exchange value forms the substance of money, and exchange value is wealth.

The value of actions lies in their timing.

I have always advocated doing everything possible to pay off credit card balances; it's good financial management and the ticket to a strong FICO credit score.

I'm a woman, so I'm going to be woman as much as I can.