To appreciate the beauty of a snow flake, it is necessary to stand out in the cold.

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.

Adventure is worthwhile.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.

Haste denies all acts their dignity.

Nicole Richie invited me to her birthday party, and it was at Michael Jackson's Neverland!

The list of non-democratic regimes that have seen significant reforms since 2001 is long and significant.

I've always been taught to care what other people think. My grandmother and mother taught me to project a positive image of myself.

I've seen country music go uptown, like we say, and I'm proud I was there when it happened.

You can't beat two guitars, bass, and drums.

When in doubt tell the truth. It will confound your enemies and astound your friends.

In this era, I-ways are as essential as Highways...We need both Information Ways and Highways.

From a young age I had learned to get over--to cover my tracks emotionally, to hide or ignore my problems in the belief that they were mine alone to solve.

God himself has no right to be a tyrant.