I want to be great, or nothing. I won't be a commonplace dauber, so I don't intend to try any more.

Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.

We all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving, and we all have the power to make wishes come true, as long as we keep believing.

I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.

The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.

Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can

Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.

Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.

Is it not meningitis?

A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.

The duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.

Everyday is a struggle but it's how you deal with your struggles that make you stronger or weaker.

I used to wake up in the morning and say, 'Oh, God.' Now I wake up in the morning and look forward to life.

[In] every revolution, there is a great divergence between what the revolutionaries expect and what the revolution actually accomplishes.

Probably some of the songs I never even really listened to the lyrics. Half of them I'd hear off the radio and was probably singing the wrong words and didn't even know it.

I was born on Wellington Avenue and my family that remains lives in the Lake Shore Drive area.

I believe children are the future...which is why they must be stopped now!

Long live Grameen Bank. Let the power of poor women prevail.

I think the fashion industry was slightly put off by people they didn't know. They were presented with things like 20-gatefold color brochures.

I absolutely don't dislike children - I would choose their company over adult company any time.

Quit or be exceptional. Average is for losers.