The victim who is able to articulate the situation of the victim has ceased to be a victim: he or she has become a threat.

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.

I can't believe what you say, because I see what you do.

Fires can't be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. Enthusiasm in our daily work lightens effort and turns even labor into pleasant tasks.

Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.

The place in which I'll fit will not exist until I make it.

Trust life, and it will teach you, in joy and sorrow, all you need to know.

If the relationship of father to son could really be reduced to biology, the whole earth would blaze with the glory of fathers and sons.

You have to decide who you are and force the world to deal with you, not with its idea of you.

Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up.

The American idea of racial progress is measured by how fast I become white.

If it’s true that our species is alone in the universe, then I’d have to say the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little.

Life is kinder to those who love themselves, because love attracts love and light, and repels and dispels darkness.

Real leadership is not seeking the applause from followers

A friend in need becomes always a friend in need if you help him once......

Is life worth living? That depends on the liver.

I won Miss Teen World, and then a movie rep saw me on the pageant website and thought that I had the perfect image for the role in 'Madrasapattinam.'

God reveals Himself in rearview mirrors.

Good blurbs are short, sweet, and limited to six. They answer the question “Why should I buy this book?

Then there's the joy of getting your desk clean, and knowing that all your letters are answered, and you can see the wood on it again.

We sort of quickly realized every rhythm, Opetaia [Foa'i] takes the lead.