The utmost form of respect is to give sincerely of your presence.

Our power lies in our small daily choices, one after another, to create eternal ripples of a life well lived.

Your value lies not in status or title, but in the roots of your character and depth of your compassion.

Your greatest path of influence is love.

A noble leader answers not to the trumpet calls of self promotion, but to the hushed whispers of necessity.

High above the noise and fear mongering of critics and cynics softly speaks your true self.

Your greatest responsibility is to live a life that nourishes your highest truth.

There is no adversity that cannot bear a gift and no gift that cannot bring adversity.

Freedom flourishes upon the bedrock of ethics and integrity.

Mastery is the breeding ground of fresh, creative passion.

Hope finds its fulfillment when nurtured through faith and shared with love.

It is such a privilege to learn from children as they discover new worlds of possibility and give themselves full over to their dreams, inspiring a few adults along the way.

Government, in the last analysis, is organized opinion. Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government.

I believe in work, hard work, and long hours of work. Men do not breakdown from overwork, but from worry and dissipation.

Interviewer: "Didn't [Sagan] want to believe?" Druyan: "He didn't want to believe. He wanted to know.

The body is the prop for the soul. So why not let the body be propped by a wall or a block?

I can't even get a credit card without three credit bureaus saying I'm good enough.

And something tells me if it matters, maybe it shouldn't be easy.

It's the old adage: You can make a pizza so cheap, nobody will eat it. You can make an airline so cheap, nobody will fly it.

I thought it was quite vain to say, I want to be a model.

I'd stop the world from spinning for you