You can’t be another person’s honesty, child, but you can be your own.

I knew it like destiny, and at the same time, I knew it as choice.

Vision is capturing God's assignment

The best way to honor the dead was by making their passing useful to the living.

The people who were trying to make this world worse are not taking the day off. Why should I?

I have accepted fear as a part of life - specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.

If any of those times you rushed around madly - trying to get somewhere faster - had ever made any real difference in the quality of your life... don't you think you'd be able to slow down by now?

For the first time, I saw what was in his heart, and I wondered if he might ever want to look deep enough to see mine.

Don't chase success. Decide to make a difference and success will find you.

When I feel confused or depressed, I remember back to junior high and I silently repeat, 'This, too, shall pass.'

I never said I wanted to be around for a long time. I always said I wanted to be here for a good time.