Without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently.

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!

Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly.

Twitter is the people’s tool, the tool of the ordinary people, people who have no other resources.

Film 'This Changes Everything' is not a sad story. It's not a slit-your-wrists climate film. It's a story about people who are making change happen.

The murders in Paris are sickening, we stand with the French people in the fight against terror and defending the freedom of the press.

I'm a dogged person. I respond to adversity with a steely resistance.

As far as the execution is concerned ... the most frequent and most serious mistake is to follow the music instead of preceding it.

The Mets just had their first .500-or-better April since July of 1992.

So much can be gained from watching other singers, seeing what they do and what they don't do, seeing how they look when they breathe, how wide they open their mouths for a high note.

The more precious His gift, the more anxious God for its return.

A strong mind always hopes, and has always cause to hope.