The proper use of our intelligence and knowledge is to effect changes from within to develop a good heart.

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.

The purpose of our lives is to be happy-Dalai Lama

Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.

If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.

There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called Yesterday and the other is called Tomorrow. Today is the right day to Love, Believe, Do and mostly Live.

Don't ever mistake my silence for ignorance, my calmness for acceptance or my kindness for weakness. Compassion and tolerance are not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength.

Give the ones you love wings to fly, roots to come back and reasons to stay.

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.

Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace.

Just one small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day.

There are no things man was not meant to know. There are, perhaps, things man is too dumb to figure out, but that's a different problem.

The feeling is constantly growing on me that I had been the first to hear the greeting of one planet to another.

Canada is the homeland of equality, justice and tolerance.

I do think that VA, as the largest employer of nurses and the largest health system in the country, often does become a place where we can demonstrate advances in medical practice.

I don't want to be throwing the football on the front yard when I'm 75. I mean, I'm not opposed to men doing that. But I don't think it's gonna work for me.

Let not thy divining heart Forethink me any ill; Destiny may take thy part, And may thy fears fulfill.

Maybe it's a form of overcompensation, but whenever I've toured, I've always needed a huge performance component.

I've been on this earth for sixty-six years, and I've reached a conclusion and it's a fact: women are strange creatures.

You just keep moving forward and doing what you do, and hope that it resonates with people. And if it doesn't, you just keep moving on until you find a project that does.

No man with any sense assumes that a woman's words mean to her exactly what they mean to him.