No matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.

Nothing will work unless you do.

A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. They simply strengthen your ability to overcome.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style

If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.

You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!

There are already plenty of people who will take a firm stand on the need to be competely impartial between right and wrong.

Life without oil, in fact, would be so different that it is frightening to contemplate. We are addicted, and it is no comfortable addiction.

Our memory is a monster; you forget it - it does not.

Holly McGhee said I should come to dinner with them. That first dinner, I said something pretty smart-alecky, and Alison [McGhee] laughed really hard at it. It made me happy.

I feel very lucky that when I'm burnt out of acting I take to the pen and I write something I want to direct.

The older the violin, the sweeter the music.

You may not have known the reason at the time, and that is what heaven is for. For understanding your life on earth.

Despite the dubious statistics … democracy is a thing of value for which we should be fighting.

American scripts are usually non-stop conversation. People talking over each other. I like that.