I think self-knowledge is the rarest trait in a human being.

I was an English major in college, and then I went to graduate school in English at the University of North Carolina for three years.

My job as the mother of daughters is to make sure my children see that every opportunity is available to them.

Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it's less good than the one you had before.

This diagnosis is a reminder that this is the life you've got. And you're not getting another one. Whatever has happened, you have to take this life and treasure and protect it.

It's just a part of our nature to hope.

... all things are possible if you are willing to put yourself on the line. You cannot stand back and hope for the best. You have to act.

You recognize a survivor when you see one. You recognize a fighter when you see one.

A lot of people have great hope, and a lot of people who have great hope live. And, some of them who have great hope die. So it's not that hope is going to save you.

Tabloid news is tabloid news.

We were never a family that had a lot. We had enough, but not a lot.

Be the master of your life.

A Day is Never bad. A Day does No harm. A Day begins and ends with the passage of time. What happens in between is up to the hearts humanity.

Everything you need comes into focus when you abandon the unneeded.

I like Miracles. They inspire me. Miracles are the fun of enlightenment. When a teacher does a miracle, and everyone sees it, they have faith in what the teacher has to say about self-discovery.

...and he crosses the line with the ball almost mesmerically tied to his foot with a piece of string.

A trader is a man who earns what he gets and does not give or take the undeserved.

I'm always working on many new projects that I can't talk about because of NDA's.

As it turns out, social scientists have established only one fact about single women's mental health: employment improves it.

You help me, I'll help you. That's politics.

Humility is a necessary veil to all other graces.