Parents teach in the toughest school in the world - The School for Making People. You are the board of education, the principal, the classroom teacher, and the janitor.

We must not allow other people’s limited perceptions to define us.

We get together on the basis of our similarities; we grow on the basis of our differences.

We need 4 hugs a day for survival. We need 8 hugs a day for maintenance. We need 12 hugs a day for growth.

I want you to get excited about who you are, what you are, what you have, and what can still be for you. I want to inspire you to see that you can go far beyond where you are right now.

Communication is to relationships what breath is to life.

We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.

Every word, facial expression, gesture, or action on the part of a parent gives the child some message about self-worth. It is sad that so many parents don't realize what messages they are sending.

I believe the greatest gift I can conceive of having from anyone is to be seen by them, heard by them, to be understood and touched by them.

Your responses to the events of life are more important than the events themselves.

People prefer the certainty of misery to the misery of uncertainty

The notion that a human being should be constantly happy is a uniquely modern, uniquely American, uniquely destructive idea.

So I went back in time and told her how I liked the smell of soil after the rain. It has a special place in my heart. It reminds me of my childhood days. Days spent in happiness and tranquility.

I think leadership is something you earn, more through actions than words.

Profit per se is not my motive.

I used to be an atheist until I realized that I was God.

I will always be upfront with the Greek people, so we can solve the country's problems together.

There's a certain amount of traveling in a dream deferred.

As it is natural to believe many things without proof, so, despite all proof, is it natural to disbelieve others.

The real danger with debt is what happens if lots of people decide, or are forced, to pay it off at the same time.

The students of Gallaudet have sent a powerful message across this country!