Never ask anyone if you should do something, if ultimately you are afraid to do it. You'll save yourself a lot of trouble.

People with integrity do what they say they are going to do. Others have excuses.

Children are our second chance to have a great parent-child relationship.

The reward for doing right is mostly an internal phenomenon: self-respect, dignity, integrity, and self-esteem.

Don't waste my time- I'm not stupid, and I'm not gullible.

It doesn't matter how we were raised. We become the person we choose to be.

A woman should always be more concerned with standing up for what is right than making sure everyone 'likes' her.

My life is what a salmon must feel like. They are always going upstream, against the current.

People get mad at me very easily. The magnitude of your anger toward me is the measure of how much you know you are doing wrong.

We, as human beings, should wish to be loved and embraced for our character, respected and relied on for our courage, and trusted for our conscience.

You've touched people and known it. You've touched people and never may know it. Either way, you have something to give. It is in giving to one another that each of our lives becomes meaningful.

The paradox of innovation is that it is accepted as an innovation when it has become imitation.

At a certain point talk about 'essence' and 'oneness' and the universal becomes more tautological than inquisitive.

If you accept the position of governor, part of your job is to make sure all your people have a decent shot at making something good out of their lives.

I believe the United States is very sick financially and might not survive another four years of Obama-style leadership.

Present law has a process to ascertain whether or not a patient is in a persistent vegetative state, and it should not matter what politicians think.

Two of my boys are Manchester United fans; one is an Arsenal fan. Whenever there is a game I can take the boys to, I love taking them.

If a man knows where to get good advice, it is as though he could supply it himself.

I love live performance, but I am excited to try my hand at whatever comes my way.

Racism is a system of power and in the absence of power you cannot be considered a racist.

I have no interest in changing Hollywood. Hollywood is a place so consumed by the spirit of the world that I don't even want to try to think about how to infiltrate that.