We are defined by how we use our power.

There are only two races (and they are not distinguished by color): those who are free and those who are not.

My intent is to tell the truth as I know it, realizing that what is true for me may be blasphemy for others.

Nothing in the world is as fearsome as a bloody, battered opponent who will never surrender.

Our willingness to openly reveal our feelings in our argument nearly always builds our credibility.

The erosion of a nation's concern for life and for individual rights, has always preceded the intrusion of tyranny.

The people of a nation are enslaved when, together, they are helpless to institute effective change, when the people serve the government more than the government serves them.

The best antidote for crime is justice. The irony we often fail to appreciate is that the more justice people enjoy, the fewer crimes they commit. Crime is the natural offspring of an unjust society.

To freely bloom - that is my definition of success.

The gift of self cannot be given to us. It is an incomparable gift that has already been given. We have possessed it from the beginning.

Faced with the pain of freedom, man begs for his shackles.

Innovative ideas are the golden wealth of a growing business

The real me: A woman who continues to blossom into her authentic self.

Just out of sight around a bend in the river there's always a small island full of magic and mystery just waiting for you.

This feeling of warm personal attachment and deep affection is what connects, unifies, and binds our humanity.

I find that here in the States, audiences are generally less knowledgeable, from the cognitive point of view, though they are emotionally more receptive.

Motivation is a lotta crap.

If you nail a tool shed closed, how do you put the hammer away?

We never exchange more than three words with a Friend in our lives on that level to which our thoughts and feelings almost habitually rise.

Great men are sometimes so even in small things.

If you want a quality, act as if you already have it. If you want to be courageous, act as if you were - and as you act and persevere in acting, so you tend to become.