Music, at its essence, is what gives us memories. And the longer a song has existed in our lives, the more memories we have of it.

Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.

Music is a world within itself, with a language we all understand.

Just because a man lacks the use of his eyes doesn't mean he lacks vision.

We all have hearts.... If you have a heart, love somebody. If you have enough heart, love everybody.

It feels better to love than to hate.

There may be a brighter star. But through my eyes the light of you is all I see.

You can't base your life on other people's expectations.

What I'm not confused about is the world needing much more love, no hate, no prejudice, no bigotry and more unity, peace and understanding. Period.

I am what I am. I love me! And I don't mean that egotistically - I love that God has allowed me to take whatever it was that I had and to make something out of it.

When you're moving in the positive, your destination is the brightest star.

Shine the light of awareness on your disempowering beliefs and choose to substitute them with empowering beliefs. This way you will choose love over fear and your path to purpose becomes clear.

Culture is the heartbeat of the organization and our society.

I have this blanket thing about giving parenting advice to parents, and that's: 'Don't take other people's advice on parenting.'

Better ways to diagnose, treat and prevent E. coli 0157:H7 infections are badly needed.

Don't wait for a disaster to get to know your neighbors.

What the Church should be telling him [the carpenter] is this: that the very first demand that his religion makes upon him is that he should make good tables.

People are entirely too disbelieving of coincidence.

If I'm the people's poet, then I ought to be in people's hands - and, I hope, in their heart.

The most difficult book I have ever read was a manual on the use of iron bangles by A.J. Thompson.

The devil is in constant conspiracy against a preacher who really prays, for it has been said that what a minister is in his prayer closet is what he is, no more, no less.