Hold puppies, kittens, and babies anytime you get the chance.

Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own.

When you can’t change the direction of the wind — adjust your sails

Hope is not a resting place but a starting point - a cactus, not a cushion

Every person that you meet knows something you don't; learn from them.

Life is slippery. Here, take my hand.

Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts.

If you're doing your best, you won't have any time to worry about failure.

Today, give a stranger one of your smiles. It might be the only sunshine he sees all day.

Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.

Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness.

Make love and kindness toward yourself and others a lifestyle and not a special event

Peace is a product of both patience and persistence.

Thank you... fantasy football draft, for letting me know that even in my fantasies, I am bad at sports.

When I was in China, Mao was Chairman, and parents were terrified to tell their children anything that differed from the party line in case the children repeated it and endangered the whole family.

Happiness may be difficult to obtain. The obstacles are not primarily financial.

Perseverance and tact are the two great qualities most valuable for all those who would climb, but especially for those who have to step out of the crowd.

It is difficult to begin without borrowing, but perhaps it is the most generous course thus to permit your fellowmen to have an interest in your enterprise.

Literally since I could walk... I was performing.

If you want to cut your own throat, don't come to me for a bandage.

Think how different human societies would be if they were based on love rather than justice. But no such societies have ever existed on earth.