I am not a prisoner to be locked up in people's ideologies, I am not a criminal to be locked up in your mind, I am a free spirit and I make no apologies for it

Too scared to fightToo afraid to open my eyesToo small to stand up for myselfToo awake to fight for my dreamsGod please teach me to be brave So that I can brave defeat

I know I am brave because the thought of giving up scares me more than the thought of fighting

I am defined not just by what you see, but by the potential within me, the possibilities I represent

Whatever you do, be fierce, be fearless

Whenever they say I am outgoing, I say...We must have met on the dance floor

When the days become darkThe nights become coldAnd all there is, is an empty soulBelieve you can escape your plightEven when relief is out of sightDon't you dare give up the fightDon't you dare

A crack on the road does not terminate the journey

You are the greatest treasure if you are your greatest treasure treasure

We were just two broken souls trying to fix one another...Somehow I ended up with a piece of you and you me

In search of that beat that my heart skipped when I first saw your beautiful soul...

Each imagining himself to be the first last and only alone, whereas he is neither first last nor last nor only not alone in a series originating in and repeated to infinity.

We come to Selma to be renewed. We come to be inspired. We come to be reminded that we must do the work that justice and equality calls us to do.

If a country doesn't recognize minority rights and human rights, including women's rights, you will not have the kind of stability and prosperity that is possible.

Difficult times don't come your way just so you can survive them; God uses these times in your life to form and refine you.

Impossibility is more possible than everything which we hold to be possible.

Man's life is ruled by fortune, not by wisdom.

I think comedy is the most difficult thing in the world, I really do.

Spirituality is recognizing the divine light that is within us all. It doesn't belong to any particular religion; it belongs to everyone

Can you trust me, he said. Not will you. Can you. Can I trust him? What do I have to lose?

Oh death, death, why do you never come to me thus summoned always day by day?