Giving encouragement to others is a most welcome gift, for the results of it are lifted spirits, increased self-worth, and a hopeful future.

The purpose of pruning is to improve the quality of the roses, not to hurt the bush.

The beauty of the written word is that it can be held close to the heart and read over and over again.

Our children do not need a makeover, they just need to be understood. If you understand their emotional needs now, you can save them a lifetime of searching for what they never had as a child.

For some, transformation comes quickly, but for most of us, the changes are gradual.

It is not music's function to express rational necessities.

It is superfluous to be humble on one's own behalf; so many people are willing to do it for one.

There is nothing biologically unusual about a homosexual act of pseudocopulation. Many species indulge in this, under a variety of circumstances.

It is extraordinary that whole populations have no projects for the future, none at all. It certainly is extraordinary, but it is certainly true.

I've swum for my country, I've swum for my coaches and my schools and my teams. I decided this time I was going to swim for myself.

If I am convinced that I will procure the profoundest idea only by undergoing the profoundest pain, I shall beg for strength to endure that pain.

Well, I always run the risk of falling on my face, which has in fact happened.

When I started in radio, I worked for free. I lived at the radio station. Then I worked for very little money.

When you are writing, you are - from society's point of view - only producing the first version which will then be processed and recycled.

We kept the old male ideas of success: power and money. We need new ones!