The beauty of writing is imagining new endings to a time of darkness, like burning off a morning fog with the heat and clarity of the sun.

Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own.

The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.

Behind every successful man there's a lot of unsuccessful years.

When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less.

Life has no limitations, except the ones you make.

Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.

Most people chasing their dreams don't see the bigger picture, they just see the silhouette. Make the vision real!

When you can’t change the direction of the wind — adjust your sails

Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.

Hope is not a resting place but a starting point - a cactus, not a cushion

If the thought of it brings sorrow to your mind, then by all means place a positive interpretation on it and then switch your focus to what brings you joy.

For God's sake let us freely hear both sides!

A song without music is a lot like H2 without the O.

Originality depends only on the character of the drawing and the vision peculiar to each artist.

Recently, I can't seem to take a straight photograph without thinking that what I am photographing won't be the final image - like the world in front of me is not good enough or something.

It's the job of old people to disapprove of everything young people do. . .If we don't disapprove, then the young have nothing to fight against and the world will never change. It cannot move on.

I wanted to work with Bert Lahr [the 'Cowardly Lion' in 'The Wizard of Oz'], and I did.

Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, never being in business, never really negotiating, give away for nothing things they shouldn't give away.

The object in being on the spiritual path is not to have just a little influx of energy, but to be the energy itself - consciously.

The African-American community still needs to come together as one and stand up for rights of the people and of what's happening in their culture, their community.