The days of our lives, for all of us, are numbered.

I was an English major in college, and then I went to graduate school in English at the University of North Carolina for three years.

My job as the mother of daughters is to make sure my children see that every opportunity is available to them.

Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it's less good than the one you had before.

This diagnosis is a reminder that this is the life you've got. And you're not getting another one. Whatever has happened, you have to take this life and treasure and protect it.

It's just a part of our nature to hope.

... all things are possible if you are willing to put yourself on the line. You cannot stand back and hope for the best. You have to act.

You recognize a survivor when you see one. You recognize a fighter when you see one.

A lot of people have great hope, and a lot of people who have great hope live. And, some of them who have great hope die. So it's not that hope is going to save you.

Tabloid news is tabloid news.

We were never a family that had a lot. We had enough, but not a lot.

Contention in our families drives the Spirit of the Lord away. It also drives many of our family members away. Contention ranges from a hostile spoken word to worldwide conflicts.

My heart still speaks of our fire.

It is not the longevity of life that matters the most

I gave up something I wanted for something I need. And I need you, Angel.

We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts.

You're not going to make me have a bad day. If there's oxygen on earth and I'm breathing, it's going to be a good day.

Must the hunger become anger and the anger fury before anything will be done?

Football's always easier when you've got the ball.

You got to have two things to win. You got to have brains and you got to have balls. Now you've got too much of one and not enough of the other.

You must try to make the most of all that comes but also don't forget to learn a lot of all that goes.