It is in the doing that makes the being worthwhile.

True happiness comes when you give your best in something beyond yourself.

Hope is a gift we give ourselves in our darkest despair.

A single thread of hope is stronger than all the chains that bind you.

I have come face to face with many truths from the past that had to be revised with present knowledge.

Failure, loss and defeat are just mile markers on the road to success.

There is no greater success as when you turn your enemy into your ally.

Success comes not from having certainty, but being able to live with uncertainty.

Success involves avoiding the lure of making excuses.

Success involves going to where others believe is too far.

An attitude of gratitude increases abundance and diminishes fear.

Education is the movement from darkness to light.

If you don't feel the same way about him, if you're just leading him on, you need to tell him that. I've seen too many nice guys get shafted because a girl can't get over some jerk.

In my opinion, I think sarcasm and humor in a song, without turning it into a novelty song, is really charming.

My dad is a writer, and to see him always in front of a typewriter gave me the inspiration to write. He was my idol, my hero. I wanted to be just like him.

In my world there's no room for hate or discrimination in the White House. I will be an outspoken voice against that every time.

As if there were safety in stupidity alone

I started out as a juggler, so I know what it means to spend eight hours a day, seven days a week practicing something that people just dismiss with a wave of hand.

If art is to survive it must describe and express people, their lives and times.

You don't always need the absolute latest gear. Find your piece(s) of equipment and let time evolve your ideas with that setup.

Most studios in Memphis had a house set of drums; the drummers just brought their own sticks.