I'm a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.

Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.

Reading is the key that opens doors to many good things in life. Reading shaped my dreams, and more reading helped me make my dreams come true.

Anger, resentment, envy, and self-pity are wasteful reactions. They greatly drain one's time. They sap energy better devoted to productive endeavors.

We should learn ... to do our best for the sake of our communities and for the sake of those for whom we pave the way.

My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.

Women's rights are an essential part of the overall human rights agenda, trained on the equal dignity and ability to live in freedom all people should enjoy.

If there was one decision I would overrule, it would be Citizens United. I think the notion that we have all the democracy that money can buy strays so far from what our democracy is supposed to be.

Sometimes people say unkind or thoughtless things, and when they do, it is best to be a little hard of hearing — to tune out and not snap back in anger or impatience.

The emphasis must be not on the right to abortion but on the right to privacy and reproductive control.

Frankly I had thought that at the time Roe was decided, there was concern about population growth and particularly growth in populations that we don't want to have too many of.

When God calls a man, He is calling him to success

Action, like a sacrament, is the visible form of an invisible spirit, an outward manifestation of an inward power.

The sooner you master your mind, the sooner you master yourself.

There is no point asserting and reasserting what the heart cannot believe.

New Orleans may well have been the most liberal Deep South city in 1954 because of its large Creole population, the influence of the French, and its cosmopolitan atmosphere.

I don't ever worry about whether I'm being true to my country roots. My country roots were adopted. I never worry about what I can do and what I should do. I just do what I want to do.

One frequently only finds out how really beautiful a beautiful woman is after considerable acquaintance with her.

And when her eyes met mine, I felt something click, like a key turning in a lock.

Education is suffering from narration sickness.

The rewards of dancing are very different from choreographing.