It is sad but true that sometimes we need the tragedy to help us to see how human we are and how we are more alike than we are different.

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!

If you can believe in yourself, you can soar with great wings far beyond the sky.

In the United States I have always believed that there was a big difference between Conservative and stupid. Boy is it getting harder to prove that one by the minute.

Everything was in stark and dreadful contrast with the trivial crises and counterfeit emotions of Hollywood, and I returned to England deeply moved and emotionally worn out.

When Good Friday comes, these are the moments in life when we feel there's no hope. But then, Easter comes.

It is from God that parents receive their children, and it is to God that they should lead them.

I don't have a muse. I have a mortgage.

A language is a more ancient and inevitable thing than any state.

You never think the universe will reward your first choice - it just doesnt work like that.

You have to bring to the photograph a prejudice about something, and I'm prejudiced against farmers who tie dead animals on fences. Therefore, I can make a meaningful photograph.

Five minutes of a lifetime were truly spent, and we felt young in a good way.