It takes time to get to the top, and that's good - because by the time you get there, you'll have learned what you need to know in order to stay there.

Part of what Special Olympics is trying to do is break down stereotypes that still exist for people. There is still a lot of fear.

Perfectionism doesn't make you feel perfect. It makes you feel inadequate.

Make time in your life to listen to your own voice. Do not let it get drowned out by others. Your voice is yours and yours alone. Stay in touch with it and use it.

My definition of success? Being the kind of woman that I would want to have as a friend.

Pausing allows you to take a beat to take a breath in your life. As everybody else is rushing around like a lunatic out there, I dare you to do the opposite.

Our mothers give us so many gifts. They give us the precious gift of life, of course, but they also leave treasured lessons that can guide us along our journeys even when they are no longer with us.

When the world is so complicated, the simple gift of friendship is within all of our hands.

We all obsess about what we are doing and accomplishing. What if we let it go and simply made the way we live our lives our accomplishment?

Art is fundamental, unique to each of us...Even in difficult economic times - especially in difficult economic times, the arts are essential.

Don't wait until you are perfect to change the world.

If God could transcribe my heart, it'd still read "I love you".

What is the proper limit for wealth? It is first to have what is necessary and second to have what is enough.

Thanks to having my dad travel with me, I don't feel quite cut off from my family.

Fichte is a necessary step to both Hegel and Marx.

All growth is a leap in the dark.

The first hole made through a piece of stone is a revelation.

Geniuses are justifiably contemptuous of the opinions of their inferiors.

I'm absolutely loving being part of Bondiana, and that not only am I a Bond girl, but I get to be an agent as well.

We need to learn how to capture and kill wild fish humanely - or, if that is not possible, to find less cruel and more sustainable alternatives to eating them.

If you want to become an infinite source of love, then go on sharing love as much as you can. Don't be a miser; only misers lose energy.