If you want the cooperation of humans around you, you must make them feel they are important - and you do that by being genuine and humble.

A winner is a dreamer who never gives up

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

I never lose. Either I win or learn.

It always seems impossible until it's done.

Lead from the back and let others believe they are in front.

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will.

Give a child love, laughter and peace, not AIDS.

Only free men can negotiate. A prisoner cannot enter into contracts.

Fools multiply when wise men are silent.

You don’t always have to follow the rules. You have to stand for what you believe.

I want people to see the truth.

The early mist had vanished and the fields lay like a silver shield under the sun. It was one of the days when the glitter of winter shines through a pale haze of spring.

The only time I had a normal boyfriend was during the time of AIDS, so maybe that saved me. It's certainly not karma.

He always said she was smart, but their conversations were a mined field in which at any moment she might make the wrong verbal move and find her ignorance exploding in her face.

If you have a dream, hold on to it, believe in it and never stop working hard to make it come true.

I was gravely warned by some of my female acquaintances that no woman could expect to be regarded as a lady after she had written a book.

I think being a Texan - we sort of have that extra fire in us as a breed. I just felt like from day one I had something to say and I wanted to make sure people heard me, and it's worked.

We like the imperfect because it reminds us of ourselves.

My mom and my sisters were amazing; they always see the good in people. My mom, she doesn't know how to write and read much, but she's one of the most fantastic women I've met in my life.