I just don't want to forget this first day of the rest of my life!

Childhood should be carefree, playing in the sun; not living a nightmare in the darkness of the soul.

To help yourself, you must be yourself. Be the best that you can be. When you make a mistake, learn from it, pick yourself up and move on.

Even in its darkest passages, the heart is unconquerable. It is important that the body survives, but it is more meaningful that the human spirit prevails.

When you please others in hopes of being accepted, you lose you self-worth in the process.

It is important for people to know that no matter what lies in their past, they can overcome the dark side and press on the a brighter world.

Everyone picked on me in school because I was in foster care.

I still love my former wife, I won't call her my ex-wife.

Ask yourself: was there anything I could have done to prevent the situation? If the answer is yes, do something now and become a better person for it.

You have to understand that in a person's life there are a few precious moments in which decisions, choices that you make now, will affect you for the rest of your life.

You can be a victim of cancer, or a survivor of cancer. It's a mindset.

I've benefited from the best of both societies and both cultures, East and West.

And we are grateful to the American young men and women who are risking their lives to give the Iraqi people this chance, this dream of democracy in Iraq now.

If you go fishing you may not catch any fish. If you don't go fishing, you'll never catch any fish.

One of the worst things about racism is what it does to young people.

In Christ alone, and His payment of the penalty for our sins upon the Cross, we find reconciliation to God and ultimate meaning and purpose.

How can I create a better world? The more you reflect, the more your life will move into the answer.

If you continually write and read yourself as a fiction, you can change what's crushing you.

The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.

Sometimes I just like the feeling of being a minority and seeing how far you can push yourself in extreme circumstances.