We live to live.

It is better to have someone that likes you and makes you happy than to have someone that loves you and makes you unhappy.

True love is about appreciating each other unconditionally regardless of our title or position.

One of the best things I learned from my parents was to be HONEST and work HARD!

The power to shape your destiny lies in your strength to take control of your thoughts, abilities and actions.

A challenge only makes you stronger, wiser and a better person than you was yesterday.

Anything in life is possible when you work hard to achieve it.

Don’t do things to point out your weaknesses, do things to point out your strength.

The best way to be you is to be yourself.

Appreciate yourself for who you’re not for what you’re.

One of the golden rules of success is to treat everything like a competition.

I don't think you should wait. I think you should speak now.

People start to lie more once they start to care less.

And yet, because I love thee, I obtainFrom that same love this vindicating grace, To live on still in love, and yet in vain

A teacher who is not dogmatic is simply a teacher who is not teaching.

They cut us up like boarding house pie. And that's real small pieces.

There's no such thing as a perfect play. Sometimes you have to protect the life of the play.

The world has gotten smaller and more accessible since I first started writing in the 70's.

But you couldn’t touch this kid right now, bullets would have dodged him.

When I think about a Chicago sound, I think about the Great Migration from the South. Many of Chicago's black artists are from Mississippi, Arkansas, and with them was brought blues and gospel music.

I was a big fan of Ronald Reagan. He was the first president I got to vote for.