Raising kids is like nailing Jell-O to a tree.

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!

Everybody looks good in their own mirror!

I'm a horrible person. And it's just coming out in my work.

Resistance at all cost is the most senseless act there is.

At some point all lies are brought to the surface and truth comes forth no matter how hard we try to hide it.

Plus, teaching brings home to you very fast that you actually know nothing. I didn't realize that before.

I sometimes think, Mary, that it is a mistake to have a dog for a nurse.

Cheese, like oil, makes too much of itself.

I cannot count the good people I know who to my mind would be even better if they bent their spirits to the study of their own hungers.

Mr. Speaker, Delaware River's regional ports handle approximately 58 million tons of cargo yearly.

I love making observations. That one is a classic example.