I'm grateful to be an American. I am grateful that we can be angry at the terrorist assault and at the same time be intelligent enough not to hold a grudge against every Arab and every Muslim.

Nothing will work unless you do.

A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. They simply strengthen your ability to overcome.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style

If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.

You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!

A loyal friend, who can find?

Want to come one step closer to wisdom? Then you have to train yourself unconditionally in forbearance.

Children with less opportunities often become adults with more flexibility.

I also have intense relationships with furniture... probably because we practically had none when I was growing up.

Who fears t' offend takes the first step to please.

You can tell the man who rings true from the man who rings false, not by his deeds alone, but also by his desires.

I don't have slim children. I have hearty ones.

I couldn't go on, too conscious all at once of my whispering, my eternal posturing, always transforming the world with words--changing nothing.

Managing is not running, hitting, or stealing. Managing is getting your players to put out one hundred percent year after year.

And to read the Bible without horror, we must undo everything that is tender, sympathizing and benevolent in the heart of man.