Life offers us tickets to places which we have not knowingly asked for.

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!

He did nothing in particular And did it very well.

I think audiences can relate to the guys I'm playing, those large-and-in-charge idiots. Or maybe I just make them feel better about who they are, or who they're dating.

The Lord will bless us as we attend to the sacred ordinance work of the temples. Blessings there will not be limited to our temple service. We will be blessed in all of our affairs.

It is often our own imperfection which makes us reprove the imperfection of others; a sharp-sighted self-love of others

There is not much danger of the smaller nations if the big nations will behave.

I'm not being analytical. I just create everything intuitively. If you're too analytical, what you're doing probably ends up being too specific.

Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near victory as when you are defeated in a good cause.

The focus should not be on talking. Talk is cheap. It must be on action.

Madam, before you flatter a man so grossly to his face, you should consider whether or not your flattery is worth his having.

As government grows, freedom recedes.