I was lucky enough to have a father who said, 'Don't quit.' So I just kept going.

No one can take away your pain, so don't let anyone take away your happiness.

It's a life's journey of finding ourselves, finding our power, and living for yourself, not for everyone else.

I don't have to be an expert. I just have to care.

Chocolate is the first luxury. It has so many things wrapped up in it: Deliciusness in the moment, childhood memories, and that grin-inducing feeling of getting a reward for being good.

When I was in my early 20s, I had my hair permed. Bad Idea! It turned into total frizz. My advice to women is: if you have nice hair already, don't get a perm, leave your hair alone.

No one can tell you who you are and what you are made of, only you yourself know what you are made of, and only you yourself can do the work to become who you want to be.

If I can play a little part in the world's healing, and making it a better place than when I came, then I just thank God for that chance.

People who overcome their fears every day, without fanfare, without recognition. Quiet, everyday courage, that’s what I admire most.

Just smiling at someone walking down the street can make the person's day. It's all about paying it forward.

Sexual assault and domestic violence are difficult things to talk about. Talk about them anyway.

I'd love to give you somethingbut what would help?

The mind is a powerful thing. It can take you through walls.

Don't become a prisoner of your own reality, set yourself free by creating a life worth living.

The only wolves we got to fear are the ones wear manskin,

Live each day with an open ear toward heaven, eager to respond to any whisper from God.

I met John Lennon and he was with his wife in Tokyo. I met him there.

Coincidence means only a connection that's not seen. Roots meet underground.

All things change, creeds and philosophies and outward systems - but God remains.

Experience teaches that what is feasible at the beginning is sometimes harmful as things go on, or subject to troublesome inconveniences

If conservationists will attempt to resume responsibility for their need to eat, they will be led back fairly directly to all their previous concerns for the welfare of nature.