Those who need a champion cannot afford compromise, in the face of forces that are powerful, persistent and pernicious and greedy.

I was an English major in college, and then I went to graduate school in English at the University of North Carolina for three years.

My job as the mother of daughters is to make sure my children see that every opportunity is available to them.

Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it's less good than the one you had before.

This diagnosis is a reminder that this is the life you've got. And you're not getting another one. Whatever has happened, you have to take this life and treasure and protect it.

It's just a part of our nature to hope.

... all things are possible if you are willing to put yourself on the line. You cannot stand back and hope for the best. You have to act.

You recognize a survivor when you see one. You recognize a fighter when you see one.

A lot of people have great hope, and a lot of people who have great hope live. And, some of them who have great hope die. So it's not that hope is going to save you.

Tabloid news is tabloid news.

We were never a family that had a lot. We had enough, but not a lot.

I'm going to do something bigger and better, bigger and betterand bolder, but first, I'm going to do somethingsmaller and worse.

...what argument is left with someone you love if she is willing to break your heart?

You are distinguished in life by your ability to recognize and follow God's voice on daily basis.

Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, shall win my love.

I get really upset seeing my friends who are mums crying because they feel like they're not good enough. Clever, confident, kind young women all going, 'I'm ruining my child's life.

We will break the cycle of amnesty and illegal immigration. There will be no amnesty.

I don't want to be the president of the world. I'm the President of the United States.

Man is the creature that cannot emerge from himself, that knows his fellows only in himself; when he asserts the contrary, he is lying.

You need to feel as good as you can before you start a workout. So what you wear to the gym is important.