There are still generations of people, older people, who were born and bred and marinated in it, in that prejudice and racism, and they just have to die.

The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.

Turn your wounds into wisdom.

‎The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.

Money is worth nothing if it can't buy you the opportunity to love more.

I don't believe in failure. It is not failure if you enjoyed the process.

Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.

Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.

The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.

Let excellence be your brand... When you are excellent, you become unforgettable. Doing the right thing, even when nobody knows you're doing the right thing will always bring the right thing to you.

You are responsible for your life. You can't keep blaming somebody else for your dysfunction. Life is really about moving on.

Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder.

Suffering is none the less acute and much more lasting when it is put into words.

Sometimes I'd like to have a conversation with a friend in a restaurant without feeling I'm being watched. At this rate I will have to go on holiday to Greenland. But maybe the Eskimos would know me.

I'm a very lazy, stay-at-home kind of girl.

I can tell you, honest friend, what to believe: believe life; it teaches better that book or orator.

Everywhere I go, somebody is staring at me. I don't know if people are staring because they recognize me or because they think I'm a weirdo.

I’ll tell you the secret to good teaching: make possible an experience without predetermining what that experience will be.

What did the taxpayers get out of the Obama stimulus? More debt. That money wasn't just spent and wasted – it was borrowed, spent, and wasted.

I don't enjoy eating humble pie; it never tastes good. But I do appreciate it when it happens.

I detest life-insurance agents: they always argue that I shall some day die, which is not so.