I learned to have the patience to listen when people put forward their views, even if I think those views are wrong. You can't reach a just decision in a dispute unless you listen to both sides.

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.

You cannot explore the universe if you think that you are the center of it.

Families that feel together, heal together.

This is who I want to be in the world. This is who I think we are supposed to be, people who help call forth human beings from deep inside hopelessness.

There should be no political prisoners in a democratic country.

Hell is an idea first born on an undigested apple dumpling.

You must fight social media fire with social media water.

Let me begin by saying that I am one of those naturally wary people who considers the verb return a kind of insidious threat.

To refuse graciously is to confer a favor.

My novels are high concept. I guess big ideas interest me more than, say, the minutiae of domestic life.

Forgiveness takes the burden of hate, guilt, and bitterness off your back and, with a lighter load, you can climb higher and faster, and be much happier in the process.