I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that's how I operate my life.

The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.

Turn your wounds into wisdom.

‎The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.

Money is worth nothing if it can't buy you the opportunity to love more.

I don't believe in failure. It is not failure if you enjoyed the process.

Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.

Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.

The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.

Let excellence be your brand... When you are excellent, you become unforgettable. Doing the right thing, even when nobody knows you're doing the right thing will always bring the right thing to you.

You are responsible for your life. You can't keep blaming somebody else for your dysfunction. Life is really about moving on.

If you really want it, then you'll make your dream happen.

Don’t be the person who has an overflowing cup of knowledge but an inactive state of action. That serves no-one, that serves no purpose.

Jefferson was ambivalent about executive power – until he bore executive responsibility.

We had first met in a class on digital imaging

...Opinion without a rational process.

Smiling back at her, it occurs to me that I've never met a mean librarian.

Religion's voice has been taken away. It was taken away by Lyndon Johnson in the 1970s because of a dispute he had, I think, with the church. And this was his way of silencing the church.

You need a lot of different types of people to make the world better.

I like silence; I'm a gregarious loner and without the solitude, I lose my gregariousness.

Every day I walk out into the world / to be dazzled, then to be reflective.