You cant have a physical transformation until you have a spiritual transformation.

It is okay not to like someone, but it is never okay to try and degrade, humiliate, or dehumanize them.

Leadership is not a position or a title, it is action and example.

The world you see outside of you will always be a reflection of what you have inside of you.

Before you speak to me about your religion, first show it to me in how you treat other people. Before you tell me how much you love your God, show me in how much you love all His children.

Don't let your inability to do everything undermine your determination to do something.

When happy, be kind. When angry, be kind. When hopeful, be kind. When discouraged, be kind. When ever, be kind.

No matter what, we always have the power to choose hope over despair, engagement over apathy, kindness over indifference, love over hate.

The right attitude can transform a barrier into a blessing, an obstacle into an opportunity or a stumbling block into a stepping stone.

Give the respect you want to receive; embody the grace you hope to encounter; and help others with no expectations whatsoever.

Give more than is expected, love more than seems wise, serve more than seems necessary, and help more than is asked.

You can stay here with your papa and die or you can go with me.... You'll be all right.

Theosophy, on earth, is like the white ray of the spectrum, and each religion only one of the seven colours.

There is nothing more precious to a man than his will; there is nothing which he relinquishes with so much reluctance.

In fact, presidents and vice presidents are automatically audited by the IRS, which hasn't stopped other chief executives from making them public.

If I'm in danger then it's usually my fault and it's up to me to get myself out of it. I am not in it just to get an adrenalin rush. No way!

Don't expect the future to look like the past. Clear away expectations, and let yourself picture a wild, grand new world.

We are expanded by tears, we are told, not reduced by them.

Love makes saints or sinners out of men.

My colleagues have expressed confidence in my ability to articulate our conservative message and to provide new focus to our efforts in the General Assembly.

There is no final victory, as there is no final defeat. There is just the same battle. To be fought, over and over again. So toughen up, bloody toughen up.