Love is accepting your truest, most authentic expression of self, and allowing yourself to do the same with others.

If necessary, I cry. I pray. I rest. I'm fortunate to have quite a few strong, independent, loving, and unbiased women in my life that I can talk things through with.

I keep a gratitude log, which helps to remind me of all the blessings I experience daily.

Be gentle with everyone you meet; we all have experienced pain, hurt, anger, and rejection. Be kind to everyone's spirit; you have no idea what healing your light can afford.

Forgiveness isn't simply an option or a good idea; it is mandatory for our restorative process.

I love to paint. It's more of a hobby, but people love the paintings so much that I end up selling whatever I paint.

Raising awareness about the Deaf culture is a huge cause that I advocate. Because both of my parents are deaf, I am passionate about it in an entirely different way.

Yoga is vital because it keeps me in full awareness and connection with my breath.

I have a spiritual practice which helps to keep me grounded and centered.

There's something scary, knowing that in Florida, someone can pick you up in a car and drive you to 50 states. Back home, it's like, 'Girl, you're 15 minutes away.'

A flower cannot blossom without sunshine, and man cannot live without love.

The saddest part of the human race is we're obsessed with this idea of 'us and them,' which is really a no-win situation, whether it's racial, cultural, religious or political.

The crossroads where government meets enterprise can be an exciting crossroads. It can also be a corrupt crossroads. It requires moral rectitude to separate public service from private gain.

The smartest people in the world are not in charge, they work for the action takers.

Alas! the culture of an Irishman is an enterprise to be undertaken with a sort of moral bog hoe.

Death is not an end. It is a new impulse.

The real question is how do you stay funny in your 70s and 80s? And that's a real accomplishment, you know, the longevity.

Never was a government that was not composed of liars, malefactors and thieves.

Few would dispute with the rose her claim to be the queen of flowers, for where is her equal to be found? Is she not God’s masterpiece?

Yields falsehood when preceded by its quotation.