I urge you to be challenged and inspired by what you do not know.

The more I expect, the more unhappy I am going to be. The more I accept, the more serene I am.

Zoos are becoming facsimiles - or perhaps caricatures - of how animals once were in their natural habitat. If the right policies toward nature were pursued, we would need no zoos at all.

Acceptance doesn't mean resignation; it means understanding that something is what it is and that there's got to be a way through it.

I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence I can reach for; perfection is God's business.

Our challenges don’t define us, our actions do.

If you fixate on the worst-case scenario and it actually happens, you’ve lived it twice.

Family is not an important thing. It's everything.

I like to encourage people to realize that any action is a good action if it's proactive and there is positive intent behind it.

One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered.

Medical science has proven time and again that when the resources are provided, great progress in the treatment, cure, and prevention of disease can occur.

Fame is an island, and right before the castaway, the getaway of being known without being known.

When you stop looking over your shoulder, you shall see that the future is way nicer than the past.

They will need you to put the right books in their hands, book in which they can lose themselves and books in which they can find themselves.

I never really looked up to celebrities when I was young.

How to overcome fear? Be around people who are fearless.

I've always thought men and women are not too well suited to each other. It's inevitable that they should come together, but, again, how well suited are they to live together in the same house?

I followed my heart and figured that if I tried and failed, at least Id know that I tried.

Leadership means firmness, not harshness or bullying; understanding, not weakness; justice, not irresponsible freedom; humaneness, not intolerance; generosity, not selfishness; pride, not egotism.

The separation of powers is about legislative powers. It isn't about discussion or words.

The antidote to the lust of the flesh is integrity.