I lost an arm on my last trip home.

I was raised Baptist, and I like the fact that I got my conscience installed early.

All that you touch You Change. All that you Change Changes you. The only lasting truth is Change. God is Change.

In order to rise From its own ashes A phoenix First Must Burn.

To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool.

Drowning people Sometimes die Fighting their rescuers.

Kindness eases change Love quiets fear

When your rage is choking you, it is best to say nothing.

We're all capable of climbing so much higher than we usually permit ourselves to suppose.

There is no end To what a living world Will demand of you.

Be who you are and not who someone else thinks you ought to be.

You have to make lots of birdies and give your opponent no chance.

My dad saw my husband's boss at a conference, and he said to stop paying my husband until we produce children.

Who ne'er knew joy but friendship might divide,Or gave his father grief but when he died.

If you strive to become a good human being with the qualities of generosity, humility and having reverence for life...just maybe you'll become a great musician.

I don't know of a greater privilege than being allowed to tell a story, or to listen to a story. They're the only thing we have that can trump life itself.

I'll be active in politics through PACs at a later date.

The federal government is acknowledged by all to be one of enumerated powers. The principle, that it can exercise only the powers granted to it . . . is now universally admitted.

It is never too late to do anything in life.

Society is always trying in some way to grind us down to a single flat surface.

All effective actions require the passport of morality.