When a person is going through hell, and she encounters someone who went through hellish hell and survived, then she can say, 'Mine is not so bad as all that. She came through, and so can I.'

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!

But you can't plead with autumn. No. The midnight wind stalked through the woods, hooted to frighten you, swept everything away for the approaching winter, whirled the leaves. ("The North")

My heart is a teacup with hairline cracks. I feel like I have to walk real carefully so it won't get shaken and just all shatter and break.

It's so weird that I play this woman who pretty much deals with violence on a daily basis, and I'm such a wimp in who I am.

You can teach a bear to tango on a barrel but his enthusiasm and performance are limited and brief.

Because of fear, they made shelter and found food and grew things. For the same reason, weapons were stored, waiting.

I think from an artist's point of view, everything in art, in fact everything in the world is available as material.

We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience.

As a citizen, you need to know how to be a part of it, how to express yourself - and not just by voting.

God is great. God is faithful. And His love is set upon us. We come as we are, with trembling trust.

I love you, I love you, I love you! And if you ever die on me again, I'll kill you so dead! (Tabitha)