If you look at suicides, most of them are connected to depression. And the mental health system just fails them. It's so sad. We know what to do. We just don't do it.

A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be.

There are only four kinds of people in the world - those who have been caregivers, those who are caregivers, those who will be caregivers and those who will need caregivers.

I believe that one of the most important things to learn in life is that you can make a difference in your community no matter who you are or where you live.

If you doubt you can accomplish something, then you can't accomplish it. You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.

I had already learned from more than a decade of political life that I was going to be criticized no matter what I did, so I might as well be criticized for something I wanted to do.

Do what you can to show you care about other people, and you will make our world a better place.

There is nothing more important than a good, safe, secure home.

Kindness is the connection that links us all together and strengthens the bonds within our communities, neighborhoods, and families.

Early diagnosis is so important because the earlier a mental illness can be detected, diagnosed and treatment can begin, the better off that person can be for the rest of his or her life.

We have to get the word out that mental illnesses can be diagnosed and treated, and almost everyone suffering from mental illness can live meaningful lives in their communities.

The course of true love rarely runs smooth.

We shouldn’t have a bunch of politicians, a majority of whom are men, making health care decisions on behalf of women.

It may get worse before it gets better. But it WILL get better.

When I start playing I'm just a rollercoaster of sound. I don't know what's coming next, I never do, and I sit and sign and talk to the people afterwards.

I make it my business to extract from Nature what ever nutriment she can furnish me.... I milk the sky and the earth.

In a well-run mental household there ought to be a thorough cleaning at the threshold of consciousness a few times a year.

Putts get real difficult the day they hand out the money.

No man has a chance to enjoy permanent success until he begins to look in a mirror for the real cause of all his mistakes.

There is nothing as strong as tenderness, And nothing as tender as true strength.

Love has always been the most important business in my life; I should say the only one.