I never thought of achievement. I just did what came along for me to do - the thing that gave me the most pleasure.

To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

Do one thing every day that scares you.

With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.

Happiness is not a goal it is a byproduct.

The giving of love is an education in itself.

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.

Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart

A good leader inspires people to have confidence in the leader, a great leader inspires people to have confidence in themselves.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Do not refuse to help your own relatives.

I've learned that some memories surprise you and reveal a sharp edge just when you least expect it.

The kind of poetry to avoid in the pretty-pretty kind that pleased our grandmothers, the kind that Longfellow and Tennyson, good poets at their best, wrote at their worst.

[T]he full and complete development of a country, the welfare of the world and the cause of peace require the maximum participation of women on equal terms with men in all fi

Alas, poor men, their destiny. When all goes well a shadow will overthrow it. If it be unkind one stroke of a wet sponge wipes all the picture out.

God is not necessary to create culpability, or to punish. Our fellow men are enough for that, helped by ourselves.

The best part of writing is thinking about the story. And then everything else takes a lot of discipline.

A great many people seem to think writing poetry is worthwhile, even though it pays next to nothing and is not as widely read as it should be.

The time is right for a political solution and the way is negotiations.

God is inviting you today to appropriately grieve your pains and losses and to acknowledge the world is seriously broken.