Too often an institution serves to bless the majority opinion. Today when too many move to the rhythmic beat of the status quo, whoever would be a Christian must be a nonconformist.

If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.

Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.

The time is always right to do what is right.

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.

The time is always right to do the right thing.

You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true.

It's not the violence of the few that scares me, it's the silence of the many

In life, there are no mistakes, only lessons.

He looked at me, that first day, like he had just found something he’d lost a thousand years ago.

A lady laced with grace . . . Such, is impossible to despise.

Human speech is like a cracked kettle on which we tap crude rhythms for bears to dance to, while we long to make music that will melt the stars.

Mother's love is bliss, is peace, it need not be acquired, it need not be deserved. If it is there, it is like a blessing; if it is not there it is as if all the beauty had gone out of life.

It's the unconquerable soul of man, and not the nature of the weapon he uses, that ensures victory

...To the Dolphin alone, beyond all other, nature has granted what the best philosophers seek: friendship for no advantage

For me, cooking is very connected to my family and friends.

Adventure is the invitation to common people to become uncommon.

I'm an old-fashioned girl. And I love gospel. I like things that lift me up, inspire me.