Find the good - and praise it.

In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future.

Racism is taught in our society, it is not automatic. It is learned behavior toward persons with dissimilar physical characteristics.

Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children.

The way to succeed is never quit. Thats it. But really be humble about it.

Roots is not just a saga of my family. It is the symbolic saga of a people.

Every time an old person dies, it's like a library burning down.

Anytime you see a turtle up on top of a fence post, you know he had some help.

When you start about family, about lineage and ancestry, you are talking about every person on earth.

When you clench your fist, no one can put anything in your hand.

You have to deal with the fact that your life is your life.

Collaboration requires focusing on everything from vision and values to how individuals can feel they are making a real contribution.

I play guitar a bit. I'm trying to learn drums - I feel like I can play violin. I've never tried, but I just feel like I can.

Ye country comets, that portend No war, nor prince's funeral, Shining unto no higher end Than to presage the grasses fall. . . .

Absence is the enemy of love and the friend of friendship.

If my husband's going to kiss anybody, let it be Matt Damon.

In many ways, when you're a Nobel peace laureate, you have an obligation to humankind, to society.

God will bless us if we walk in humility.

When you're true to your heart, you're infusing your self with meaning.

Happy moments, PRAISE GOD Difficult moments, SEEK GOD Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD Painful moments, TRUST GOD Every moment, THANK GOD

Some people say vaulting is like riding a bike-but not for me. I have to put in a lot of days to feel confident in what I'm doing.