My whole life, meeting people is like a blind date, because I feel like they've already seen the video on me.

The more I expect, the more unhappy I am going to be. The more I accept, the more serene I am.

Zoos are becoming facsimiles - or perhaps caricatures - of how animals once were in their natural habitat. If the right policies toward nature were pursued, we would need no zoos at all.

Acceptance doesn't mean resignation; it means understanding that something is what it is and that there's got to be a way through it.

I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence I can reach for; perfection is God's business.

Our challenges don’t define us, our actions do.

If you fixate on the worst-case scenario and it actually happens, you’ve lived it twice.

Family is not an important thing. It's everything.

I like to encourage people to realize that any action is a good action if it's proactive and there is positive intent behind it.

One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered.

Medical science has proven time and again that when the resources are provided, great progress in the treatment, cure, and prevention of disease can occur.

Education is the only currency which you can spend in every country of the world without losing its value.

The meeting of the two lonely souls is the meeting of the dark sea with the moonlight.

As you develop, the people around you also develop. As you progress, the world progresses with you to a certain degree.

Writers are a superior breed. No one else can face so much rejection and still thrive.

I am dying. Please ... bring me a toothpick.

I grew up in Los Angeles and always wished I'd spent a childhood in a far different place.

If you put your faith in yourself and your abilities, intellect and dreams, then your foundation is only as strong as you are.

Were we more careful to obey the part of the word of wisdom that deals with the "do's" it might be easier to obey the "don'ts"

If you have a friend, things are better than if you didn't have a friend.

Are you capable of risking your life for someone? Do it for Christ.