I am overwhelmed by the grace and persistence of my people.

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!

I don't suppose you would consider peaceful surrender?

The mind of a baby is a tabula rasa

Smile: Happiness Is Right Under Your Nose!

I want to tell you how much I miss my mother. Bits of her are still there. I miss her most when I'm sitting across from her.

The second you change the way you look at a situation, your stress levels drop.

History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.

[Harriet] hated math. She hated math with every bone in her body. She spent so much time hating it that she never had time to do it.

I worked around cattle all my life and I guess I learned all there is to know about it, and I think I can sum it all up in one thing: You can't drink coffee on a running horse.

What I write is not for little girls.

I really think I am where I am in spite of my training, not because of it. I don't know how unique my work is, because I never compare it.