People trying to separate people rather than bring us together... please. You don't just see it in America. It's all over the world.

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!

A picture is just a picture, but add music and there's emotion. There's a story.

Love is an immortal lie!

It's true that it's within the realm of cultural politics that young people tend to work through political issues, which I think is good, although it's not going to solve the problems.

Adultery is the ultimate deal-breaker for me. I would rather be alone than in a relationship that doesn't honor me.

Men ought to find the difference between saltiness and bitterness. Certainly, he that hath a satirical vein, as he maketh others afraid of his wit, so he had need be afraid of others' memory.

Familiarity breeds contentment.

Better one thorn pluck'd out than all remain.

My mother-in-law has so many wrinkles, when she smiles she looks like a Venetian blind.

The one mistake which is committed habitually by people who have the gift of half-genius, is waiting for inspiration.

Not even pencil or charcoal is needed. Drawing can also be done with a brush. But drawing is a must, if not, no painting can resist.