The devil did not make me do it. I managed it all by myself.

Assertiveness is most effective when least applied.

It is difficult to prove yourself reliable when people are required to wait for you.

Hypocrisy is the audacity to preach integrity from a den of corruption.

Dignity is the reward of holding oneself accountable to conscience.

Being assertive in the home does not produce any smiling faces, but it does bring out a few tongues.

In mere moments of togetherness, families forge their most indelibe memories.

Good men are bound by conscience and liberated by accountability.

Few moments in life are more gratifying than those when the arrogant are exposed as the ignorant.

Fairness is man's ability to rise above his prejudices.

A cheerful demeanor makes brighter the day; as the sun, chasing darkness and sorrow away.

Sometimes the reason God doesn't show up to win your battles is because he already put inside of you the power to end it.

Indeed, the great paradox of the writer's life is how much time he spends alone trying to connect with other people.

For me as a solo artist, I never want to be a nostalgia act.

In case of separation, why should the children be taken from the protecting care of the mother? Who has a better right to them than she? How much do fathers generally do toward bringing them up?

My whole life has been about changing negatives into positives. I got famous, then I got cancer, and now I live to talk about it. Sometimes the best gifts come in the ugliest packages.

Trees in winter lose their leaves. Some trees may even fall during storms, but most stand patiently and bear their fortune.

I will get America working again and see rising take-home pay again.

If I lost weight, I'd be two-dimensional!

I've so much left to explore, it's enormously exciting to me. It's a passion. I just try and get better at what I do, and I study it very hard, like it is my life degree.

We employ the mind to rule, the body to serve.