I approach every problem with optimism.

A winner is a dreamer who never gives up

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

I never lose. Either I win or learn.

It always seems impossible until it's done.

Lead from the back and let others believe they are in front.

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will.

Give a child love, laughter and peace, not AIDS.

Only free men can negotiate. A prisoner cannot enter into contracts.

Fools multiply when wise men are silent.

The world looks so beautiful! She wonders how one can not do for it anything that needs to be done, or at least all one can do.

... Don't feel bad about crying. Ever.

Gollum is Gollum - though in 'Lord of the Rings' he's 600 years old and in 'The Hobbit' he's 540, so he looks a little bit more handsome.

I'm willing to work with anyone of either party who has a good idea and the commitment to see through. And we should all expect you to hold us accountable for our progress or our failure to deliver.

We're afraid to live, because we're afraid of dying.

Let us pray, and as we pray, let us make room for Jesus in our hearts.

My feeling is that contracts should always be honored. ... This is a situation where a legally binding contract is not being honored and that's not right.

I have to feel something emotionally on the story to be able to write for it. I turn things down if I don't feel I'm really right to tell that particular story.

I have an unfortunate compulsion. I really would rather not do it, as it is very nerve-wracking and un-fun. But when it works, there is nothing like it.

Laughter is essential to our equilibrium, to our well-being, to our aliveness. If we're not well, laughter helps us get well. If we are well, laughter helps us stay that way.