I don't have any affirmations, I don't have any of that stuff. My natural state is to look at things as possibilities and as opportunities.

The more I expect, the more unhappy I am going to be. The more I accept, the more serene I am.

Zoos are becoming facsimiles - or perhaps caricatures - of how animals once were in their natural habitat. If the right policies toward nature were pursued, we would need no zoos at all.

Acceptance doesn't mean resignation; it means understanding that something is what it is and that there's got to be a way through it.

I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence I can reach for; perfection is God's business.

Our challenges don’t define us, our actions do.

If you fixate on the worst-case scenario and it actually happens, you’ve lived it twice.

Family is not an important thing. It's everything.

I like to encourage people to realize that any action is a good action if it's proactive and there is positive intent behind it.

One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered.

Medical science has proven time and again that when the resources are provided, great progress in the treatment, cure, and prevention of disease can occur.

7. 3. 12. 31. 208: Reckless disrespect of the lightless hours will not be tolerated.

Then, as Father had trained him, Rigg thought past his feelings.

I'm already in hell

I told God, 'I don't want a man. I don't want more gold albums. The only thing I want is the love, friendship, and presence of my mother.' And God gave it to me.

I want to know if I can live with what I know, and only than.

Life becomes inspiring, not in spite of the problems and the hard hits, but because of them.

There is no good theory of disease which does not at once suggest a cure.

The way Shakespeare wrote Fallstaff is with a heightened language and everything.

I love clothes that when you put them on, you feel like you. I don't care whether anyone else likes them.