When the lightning strikes but one, not one only does it terrify.

My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.

A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.

Quarrels are the dowry which married folk bring one another.

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.

Make the workmanship surpass the materials.

Love is no assignment for cowards.

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.

The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.

Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.

If you want to be loved, be lovable.

What may be myth in one world may always be fact in some other.

This is my toughest time but the greatest.

A phenomenon that might seem only backwards or silly when expressed at a social level becomes madness at the individual level.

What right had they to make me suffer like that?

I go to bed early and rise late and feel as if I have hardly slept, probably because I have been reading almost the entire time.

Connie Smith and I have worked a lot of shows together in the past, and it will be nice to do that again

Maybe that's because there are so few women lobbyists; if they're there, it's for something they strongly believe in, not just for financial gain.

Stress comes from knowing what is right and doing what is wrong

At 17, the first time I saw a dead body, I froze. By 31 it was a natural occurrence for me, and no group of people should live like that.

Personal leadership is the process of keeping your vision and values before you and aligning your life to be congruent with them.