There is no innovation and creativity without failure. Period.

Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves, even when we risk disappointing others.

Shame is the most powerful, master emotion. It's the fear that we're not good enough.

Guilt is just as powerful, but its influence is positive, while shame's is destructive. Shame erodes our courage and fuels disengagement.

Social media has given us this idea that we should all have a posse of friends when in reality, if we have one or two really good friends, we are lucky.

When the people we love stop paying attention, trust begins to slip away and hurt starts seeping in.

Faith minus vulnerability and mystery equals extremism. If you've got all the answers, then don't call what you do 'faith.'

In many ways, September feels like the busiest time of the year: The kids go back to school, work piles up after the summer's dog days, and Thanksgiving is suddenly upon us.

The difficult thing is that vulnerability is the first thing I look for in you and the last thing I'm willing to show you. In you, it's courage and daring. In me, it's weakness.

First and foremost, we need to be the adults we want our children to be. We should watch our own gossiping and anger. We should model the kindness we want to see.

You're imperfect, and you're wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging.

Good thing I'm aging, otherwise I'd be dead.

Decorate your birthday with love and memories not with years.

All those football coaches who hold dressing-room prayers before a game should be forced to attend church once a week.

The most destructive thing governments do is divide people against each other, all in competition over the reins of the state.

Women can't wait for equal pay. And I won't stop fighting to address this inequality.

As your body deteriorates, your natural talents start to go a little bit. You have to bring in physical working out, building, taking protein and doing extra stuff.

We want his power more than his purity.

The Russian dramatist is one who, walking through a cemetery, does not see the flowers on the graves. The American dramatist . . . Does not see the graves under the flowers.

Speed, quality, price. Pick any two.

The people will come to their own at last,-God is not mocked forever.