I agreed a long time ago, I would not live at any cost. If I am moved or forced away from what I think is the right thing, I will not do it.

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!

You should keep calm and listen to voice inside you

Faith is receiving a blessing before you have seen it.Wisdom is taking care of the blessing once you have received it.

I was raised by a mother who told me I was great every day of my life.

Ironic philosophies produce passionate works.

When I was a kid - and I don't know why, it's the most random thing - I wanted to be a speech therapist for little kids. I knew I wanted to do something with kids.

Gentlemen, I fervently trust that before long the principle of arbitration may win such confidence as to justify its extension to a wider field of international differences.

A Warrior knows that a great dream is made up of many different things, just as the light from the sun is the sum of its millions of rays.

One of the greatest tasks of my life has been to teach the colored man he can be anything.

I'm a fan of hip-hop and I love it, I by no means am an expert on it.

Songwriting is a very mysterious process. It feels like creating something from nothing. It's something I don't feel like I really control.