You have very little morally persuasive power with people who can feel your underlying contempt.

If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.

Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.

The time is always right to do what is right.

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.

The time is always right to do the right thing.

You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true.

It's not the violence of the few that scares me, it's the silence of the many

Be a loving soul.

Dating someone on the opposite end of the happy spectrum teaches you an incredible amount of patience.

I have a couple of ideas for shows that I would love to bring to fruition in some way at some point.

the mother's first job is to raise a daughter strong enough to outlast her.

Her idea of who's worth what ain't mine.

I do like to sing to God!

I talk and talk and talk, and I haven't taught people in 50 years what my father taught by example in one week.

There is no such thing as an ordinary life.

Using taxes to punish the rich, in reality, punishes everyone because we are all interconnected. High taxes and excessive regulation and massive debt are not working.

Competition's always been a product of American lifestyle