We've been taught to believe that actions speak louder than words. But I think words speak pretty loud all of our lives; we carry these words in our head.

My father said there were two kinds of people in the world: givers and takers. The takers may eat better, but the givers sleep better.

Every child deserves a chance at a life filled with love, laughter, friends and family.

Never face facts; if you do, you'll never get up in the morning.

One of the things about equality is not just that you be treated equally to a man, but that you treat yourself equally to the way you treat a man.

You know, theres endorphins in laughter, as there are endorphins in running in the park.

Women should know that they don't have to hang on to an old dream that has stopped nurturing them - that there is always time to start a new dream.

As much success came to him, my father stayed true to his promise. He built the hospital to help the most helpless children with catastrophic illnesses.

In the 1960s we were fighting to be recognized as equals in the marketplace, in marriage, in education and on the playing field. It was a very exciting, rebellious time.

Where will I be five years from now? I delight in not knowing. That's one of the greatest things about life its wonderful surprises.

Fame lost its appeal for me when I went into a public restroom and an autograph seeker handed me a pen and paper under the stall door.

A coward: a man or woman who is unsatisfied by his condition and believes he was destined to accept it that way

I am about to be married, and am of course in all the misery of a man in pursuit of happiness.

Saudi Arabia has also changed. People today are connecting with each other all across the world through small gadgets and television. It's a different society.

How convalescence shrinks a man back to his pristine stature! where is now the space, which he occupied so lately, in his own, in the family's eye?

I think people are really talking about it. Having conversations about how to make change.

Here is a sovereign talisman against regret: never do that which might engender it.

No matter what situation we find ourselves in, we can always set our compass to our highest intentions in the present moment

You can't get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good.

I think it's a responsibility for everyone to give back.

Severe poverty is getting better by some measures, but it's also becoming ever more scandalous because it is now so easily avoidable.