Getting my library card was like citizenship; it was like American citizenship.

The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.

Turn your wounds into wisdom.

‎The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.

Money is worth nothing if it can't buy you the opportunity to love more.

I don't believe in failure. It is not failure if you enjoyed the process.

Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.

Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.

The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.

Let excellence be your brand... When you are excellent, you become unforgettable. Doing the right thing, even when nobody knows you're doing the right thing will always bring the right thing to you.

You are responsible for your life. You can't keep blaming somebody else for your dysfunction. Life is really about moving on.

There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true

She sniffled. "Does he know?""Not a clue, " Law said. "There are concrete bricks less dense than my beloved.

Nothing is more creative... nor destructive... than a brilliant mind with a purpose.

For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

I am thankful and blessed to be in a position where I have learned as much from those that have taught me as I have from those that I continue to teach.

I hate that you went through hell for years and that you suffered. But without your past, you and I wouldn’t have a future.

Photographs, it seems to me, are both moments in time and bits of memory.

Purest religion is highest expediency. Many things are lawful but they are not all expedient.

Death holds no allure for me, Elena.” The power of him cut against his skin, a cold white fire. “Not when I have yet to sate my hunger for you.

In the US a child born into a poor family will become a poor adult. The american dream is just that - it is not true, because of the level of extreme inequality.