I wrote some of the worst poetry west from the Mississippi River, but I wrote. And I finally sometimes got it right.

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!

We had no choice. Sadness was a dangerous as panthers and bears. the wilderness needs your whole attention.

Before you go to bed think about what you left behind in the wake of the day…

President Bush threw out the first pitch Monday at Cincinnati's great American ball park. 18 Iraqis were killed.

You gotta use everything you possibly can!

There is a beautiful thing which is wonderful, to look like a woman, not a green bean

You go your way I'll go your way too

I am optimistic. I have to be optimistic.

New!Loyalty is a fine quality, but in excess it fills political graveyards.

If you screw up and do something, don't lie about it; come clean.

If I should have a daughter, instead of "Mom," she's going to call me "Point B," because that way she knows that no matter what happens, at least she can always find her way to me.