You can only become great at something you are willing to sacrifice for

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!

Life isn't over until you're dead. Another ultra-positive, ultra-motivational tweet to improve your day. You're welcome.

Was it too much to ask that she find someone who wanted the same things in life as she did--a home, someone to lean on when the not-so-perfect times came crashing down?

I wasn't supported, I wasn't given any self-esteem.

Men hand out cigars. Women 'hand out' babies. And thus the world, for thousands of years, has gone round.

Let me point out, if it has escaped your notice, that what an artist does, is fail.

The devil, he's about this big. He had a red suit on and a widow's peak, and then a pointed tail, and like a sulfur reek. Yes, it was him alright, I swear.

A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.

When God creates faith in a man, that is as great a work as if He created heaven and earth all over again.

My goal is to make one-not a hodgepodge, but just the sort of record that I would want to listen to.

This sounds really lame, but I'm pretty proud of my feet.