Strategic planning for the future is the most hopeful indication of our increasing social intelligence.

History informs us of past mistakes from which we can learn without repeating them. It also inspires us and gives confidence and hope bred of victories already won.

Democracy is a process, not a static condition. It is becoming, rather than being. It can be easily lost, but is never finally won.

It is not a persuasive argument that an evil should continue because it has existed in the past.

Difficulty need not foreshadow despair or defeat. Rather achievement can be all the more satisfying because of obstacles surmounted.

There is no simplistic approach to worthwhile achievement in human affairs.

You have to be there at the right time and you've got to be equipped.

Stop thinking of the past, and stop worrying about the future. Just win the day. Achieve the goals you set for every single day, and you’ll rebuild your life in a few short years.

The parent must always self-parent first, self-preach before child-teach, because who can bring peace unless they’ve held their own peace?

A mother's lap is the strongest hub and school of each religion. In other words, the mother breezes and waves the religion since she is the religion.

Domestic abusers and the abused need to develop healthy support systems...

From the neglect of a real duty, she became the slave of a false one.

Theater dressing rooms are my home away from home - my second home, really.

In the dust where we have buried the silent races and their abominations we have buried so much of the delicate magic of life.

Trail dust is thicker'n blood.

If you're a goalkeeper, it doesn't matter what you save the ball with; if you keep it out, it's not a goal.

The No. 1 cause of forest fires is trees.