We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.

We must not allow other people’s limited perceptions to define us.

We get together on the basis of our similarities; we grow on the basis of our differences.

We need 4 hugs a day for survival. We need 8 hugs a day for maintenance. We need 12 hugs a day for growth.

I want you to get excited about who you are, what you are, what you have, and what can still be for you. I want to inspire you to see that you can go far beyond where you are right now.

Communication is to relationships what breath is to life.

Every word, facial expression, gesture, or action on the part of a parent gives the child some message about self-worth. It is sad that so many parents don't realize what messages they are sending.

I believe the greatest gift I can conceive of having from anyone is to be seen by them, heard by them, to be understood and touched by them.

Your responses to the events of life are more important than the events themselves.

People prefer the certainty of misery to the misery of uncertainty

The message sent is not always the message received.

The true teachers and educators are not those who have learned pedagogy as the science of dealing with children, but those in whom pedagogy has awakened through understanding the human being.

The Holy Spirit is just as truly in us when He makes no sign as when the fountains of joy are overflowing, or the waters of peace are softly refreshing our weary and troubled heart.

A culture is the sum of all the things about which humanity can choose to differ.

To understand and be understood is to be free.

Shops and clubs are very important when you want to change things. And they have a common denominator; the customer.

Shields Green was not one to shrink from hardships or dangers. He was a man of few words, and his speech was singularly broken; but his courage and self-respect made him quite a dignified character.

I am simply a book drunkard.

I think you will agree the sign of a civilised society is a regular dining schedule.

It's hard to view myself sometimes as even in the same league as other musicians, mainly because there's so much music before me. I feel overinformed by different styles and different possibilities.

I started as a stand-up comedian. I wanted to be Carol Burnett when I was growing up.