I had already learned from more than a decade of political life that I was going to be criticized no matter what I did so I might as well be criticized for something I wanted to do.

A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be.

There are only four kinds of people in the world - those who have been caregivers, those who are caregivers, those who will be caregivers and those who will need caregivers.

I believe that one of the most important things to learn in life is that you can make a difference in your community no matter who you are or where you live.

If you doubt you can accomplish something, then you can't accomplish it. You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.

I had already learned from more than a decade of political life that I was going to be criticized no matter what I did, so I might as well be criticized for something I wanted to do.

Do what you can to show you care about other people, and you will make our world a better place.

There is nothing more important than a good, safe, secure home.

Kindness is the connection that links us all together and strengthens the bonds within our communities, neighborhoods, and families.

Early diagnosis is so important because the earlier a mental illness can be detected, diagnosed and treatment can begin, the better off that person can be for the rest of his or her life.

We have to get the word out that mental illnesses can be diagnosed and treated, and almost everyone suffering from mental illness can live meaningful lives in their communities.

Library is direction where wisdom start and ignorance end.

Fear not for the future weep not for the past.

I have the loftiest idea, and the most passionate one, of art. Much too lofty to agree to subject it to anything. Much too passionate to want to divorce it from anything.

He had a moment of clarity about how life should be lived: not as a child or as a woman. They were the two worst things to be.

I'm very open with my business partners, just like I am with my husband.

I notice faint scars on her wrists and forearms, thin lines too symmetrical to be accidents.

Great, they give blind kids guns," I said, trying to lessen his horror. "I don't even let Iggy have a gun. Usually.

The piano's world encompasses glass-nerved virtuos and stomping barrel-housers in fedoras; it is a world of pasture and storm, of perfumed smoke, of liquid mathematics.

Farewell! if ever fondest prayer For other's weal avail'd on high, Mine will not all be lost in air, But waft thy name beyond the sky.

Writing the songs and producing the songs and arranging them and recording them is your canvas and your palette and your brush.