Hoping for the best, prepared for the worst, and unsurprised by anything in between.

Nothing will work unless you do.

A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. They simply strengthen your ability to overcome.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style

If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.

You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!

China has no income tax no unemployed and not a single soldier outside its own territory.

When the first computers started to come in, we tried to digitalize the seismological equipment.

Not many get a chance to hit the career re-set button.

Tea Party has now cost the Republicans 5 senate seats. My next donation is going to them.

A passion for life is one of the most attractive qualities in a human being. If you want a teammate or a life mate who loves to be around you, all you need to do is love to be around.

I had the urge to examine my life in another culture and move beyond what I knew.

The nerve. Threatening you and not being precise about it.

You are led, when you share your loves, to an enchanted life of inner happiness, which unsharing others cannot know.

I've been doing music for a pretty long time, since I was a kid, and I must have been around 10 years old when I started playing shows with my siblings.

Keep your facts, I'm going with the truth.