Precious jewel, you glow, you shine, reflecting all the good things in the world. Just look at yourself.

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!

Never despair if you have to start at the bottom

This day and every other day, listen from within, GOD lives there.

Naturally, one does not normally discuss plans to commit murder with the intended victim.

It's easier to maintain a good character than to recover it when it's gone bad!

My mom was always making me clothes. We'd go to the fabric store, pick out patterns, and it was a creative process. I heard that word a lot growing up: creative.

the body, seeking truth, sends a signal. But decoding it, interpreting its meaning, and knowing how to proceed from there is another matter entirely.

Donald Trump will do what he is told is the right thing to do in complying with the law.

[Margot Hentoff] was an editor there for a time as well as a writer.

History is no easy science; its subject, human society, is inifinitely complex.

'Don't be the moth. Be the light bulb.' When I say that I mean don't follow the crowd. Just shine. Be the light bulb. Do your thing. Pave your own path.