My doctor told me I would never walk again. My mother told me I would. I believed my mother.

Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. We are all the same in this notion: The potential for greatness lives within each of us.

'I can't' are two words that have never been in my vocabulary. I believe in me more than anything in this world.

Winning is great, sure, but if you are really going to do something in life, the secret is learning how to lose.

When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome.

I loved the feeling of freedom in running, the fresh air, the feeling that the only person I'm competing with is me.

No matter what great things you accomplish, somebody helps you.

The potential for greatness lives within us all.

Believe me, the reward is not so great without the struggle.

I ran and ran and ran every day, and I acquired this sense of determination, this sense of spirit that I would never, never give up, no matter what else happened.

The triumph can't be had without the struggle.

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

The troubles of modern life come from being divorced from nature.

There are various wounds to describe our hurts

I have been truly blessed with the ability to compartmentalize the many competing agendas in my mind. Because of this I can shut it off and enjoy the moment.

A woman, like a cross-eyed man, looks one way, but goes another--hence her mysteriousness.

Most of Albania considers this Government to be legitimate.

A man, at times, gets something for nothing, but it will, in his hands, amount to nothing.

...but with my clamoring ego solidly in place, I considered the title, 'Memories of a Failed Nobody'.

Nonviolence is a quality not of the body but of the soul.

When Christ said: "I was hungry and you fed me," he didn't mean only the hunger for bread and for food; he also meant the hunger to be loved. Jesus himself experienced this loneliness.