When I passed forty I dropped pretense, 'cause men like women who got some sense.

Nothing will work unless you do.

A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. They simply strengthen your ability to overcome.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style

If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.

You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!

Love is like slamming into a wall of concrete and asking to do it all again once the rubble is cleared.

Art thou lonely O my brother? Share thy little with another! Stretch a hand to one unfriended And thy loneliness is ended.

It is a good thing to go to Paris for a few days if you have had a lot of trouble, and that is my advice to everyone except Parisians.

What people somehow forgot to mention when we were children was that we need to make messes in order to find out who we are and why we are here.

I think Halle Berry is one of the most beautiful women on the planet.

Who are the learned? Those who practice what they know.

Kindness and patience were always called for.

...it is true that renewable energy is expensive and can't be done without public sector support, it is an important investment in the future.

The era of industrial Britain, where a large section of our workforce provided cheap labour in factories and processing goods is over.

Of course, your ideas can be stolen... I used to think it was immoral; now I think of it as a compliment... Ultimately, an idea isn't yours; it's only your take on something.