I used to love it when I walked down the street and construction workers would whistle.

It’s all about falling in love with yourself and sharing that love with someone who appreciates you, rather than looking for love to compensate for a self love deficit.

The price we pay for being ourselves is worth it.

I've never felt that fear is my enemy. Fear is my friend. It offers me a chance to stay alert, keep growing, continue creating something new. If you don't take that sort of risk, you learn nothing.

A man has always wanted to lay me down but he never wanted to pick me up.

I have used all the manure that has been thrown on me as fertilizer to make me stronger.

I fall in love with myself, and I want someone to share it with me. And I want someone to share me, with me.

I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma.

My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think or of my opinions.

My house was bugged. They couldn't find any information on me being a subversive because I happen to love America; I just don't like some of the things the government is doing.

Don't depend on other people to be responsible for you. Don't make yourself stressed out over nonsensical things like material things.

Do you not see how necessary a world of pains and troubles is to school an intelligence and make it a soul?

For a thinking man, the main thing is to understand who he is within

Good thinking makes you more attractive to yourself and others.

The arms, legs, and torso with head were dragged away in sections as the children were captivated by the drama, zealously chewing their candies with sticky teeth.

I also know I'm not going to stay away. I'm going to grab onto her and let myself get cut. I'm good at pain. I'm good at bleeding, emotionally and physically.

Technology... the knack of so arranging the world that we don't have to experience it.

Unless you love yourself, it's difficult to respect anyone else who holds that high an opinion of you.

When I was young, I was no one. Now, I'm worldwilde.

Every Christian needs a half-hour of prayer each day, except when he is busy, then he needs an hour.

Leonard Pitts, Jr. is the most insightful and inspiring columnist of his generation.