I've never had a dislike for men. I've been badly treated by some. But I've been loved greatly by some. I married a lot of them.

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!

If you see yourself as other people see you, it means you are lost, you don't know yourself and you have closed down a world class university of diligence!

What's right about America is that although we have a mess of problems, we have great capacity - intellect and resources - to do some thing about them.

Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are

I stopped making films to look after animals.

I learned that in dealing with things, you spent much more time and energy in dealing with people than in dealing with things.

Terrorists also want to use simple and reliable arms.

We shall go wild with fireworks...And they will plunge into the sky and shatter the darkness. We don't have any fireworks that big

If you look around my room, you see lots of lists. I'm inspired by what's up on the wall.

I always knew I wanted to make my own way; I never wanted to be dependent on my father.