I wish you power that equals your intelligence and your strength. I wish you success that equals your talent and determination. And I wish you faith.

Love yourself, appreciate yourself, see the good in you... and respect yourself.

Most people cant' deal with reality, but indulge heavily in fantasy and fear.

Two young doctors - one from Harvard and the other from Dartmouth - invited me to go to Mecca in my husband's stead. And that is what helped put me back on track.

Find the good and celebrate it.

Have I gotten any threats? All I get is threats. I get at least six or seven a day.

We can say "Peace on Earth." We can sing about it preach about it or pray about it but if we have not internalized the mythology to make it happen inside us then it will not be.

Testing leads to failure, and failure leads to understanding.

When I am dead, I will not hurt anymore, will it Mama?...When I am dead, build me a little monument of stones in the woods.

When you point to the moon, what do you see in front of your finger; Your task is to feel, not to think, when you can understand that the lesson will be learned.

The Bible itself claims that "the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom".

Those who are prepared to die for any cause are seldom defeated.

Hope died as I was led unto my marriage bed.

Optimism is an essential ingredient for innovation.

Think of all the really successful men and women you know. Do you know a single one who didn't learn very young the trick of calling attention to himself in the right quarters?

No patent medicine was ever put to wider and more varied use than the Fourteenth Amendment.