There never was a throne yet built so high that it could not be rocked by laughter from below.

Onward, and up, and up again, until the impossible was achieved, all barriers were broken, all pains conquered, all abilities possessed. Until all was lightning and no darkness left.

Holding on to negative feelings and past circumstances is like placing a lock on your soul.

It is pointless to complain about the problems of the world as long as we continue contributing to them.

America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.

It is steadily forgotten that health is a diathesis as much as is scrofula or syphilis and that each of these is a mode of growth.

I found light in the darkness ... or it found me.

I think the very best thing you can do is observe what makes you stronger and what makes you weaker.

A psychologist once told me that for a boy being in the middle of a conflict between two women is the worst possible situation. There's always a desire to please each one.

My biggest fear had always been getting hurt, and not being able to leave the game as a player on my own terms.

Whatever opposes prayer opposes the whole work of ministry.

I am in regular contact with Prime Minister [Shinzo] Abe. We have met several times this year [2016].