Whatever you do for the sole purpose of having others admire you, your efforts will most likely be in vain.

Childhood should be carefree, playing in the sun; not living a nightmare in the darkness of the soul.

To help yourself, you must be yourself. Be the best that you can be. When you make a mistake, learn from it, pick yourself up and move on.

Even in its darkest passages, the heart is unconquerable. It is important that the body survives, but it is more meaningful that the human spirit prevails.

When you please others in hopes of being accepted, you lose you self-worth in the process.

It is important for people to know that no matter what lies in their past, they can overcome the dark side and press on the a brighter world.

Everyone picked on me in school because I was in foster care.

I still love my former wife, I won't call her my ex-wife.

Ask yourself: was there anything I could have done to prevent the situation? If the answer is yes, do something now and become a better person for it.

You have to understand that in a person's life there are a few precious moments in which decisions, choices that you make now, will affect you for the rest of your life.

You can be a victim of cancer, or a survivor of cancer. It's a mindset.

Men of power have not time to read, yet men who do not read are not fit for power.

When life goes on doesn’t it just trample over what was there before?

Americans have always been excellent at making romantic comedies - but dramatically, we don't really try to do it.

If the world were a logical place, men would ride side saddle.

If I cannot be myself in what I write, then the whole is nothing but lies and humbug.

One never realizes how much and how little he knows until he starts talking.

Love transcends all animosity and is never partial.

Let me be clear: I am not an advocate of censorship.

No one on his deathbed ever said, "I wish I had spent more time on my business."

Divorce isn't the child's fault. Don't say anything unkind about your ex to the child, because you're really just hurting the child.