You never know when something's going to hit you in a particular way and just knock you loose.

I was an English major in college, and then I went to graduate school in English at the University of North Carolina for three years.

My job as the mother of daughters is to make sure my children see that every opportunity is available to them.

Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it's less good than the one you had before.

This diagnosis is a reminder that this is the life you've got. And you're not getting another one. Whatever has happened, you have to take this life and treasure and protect it.

It's just a part of our nature to hope.

... all things are possible if you are willing to put yourself on the line. You cannot stand back and hope for the best. You have to act.

You recognize a survivor when you see one. You recognize a fighter when you see one.

A lot of people have great hope, and a lot of people who have great hope live. And, some of them who have great hope die. So it's not that hope is going to save you.

Tabloid news is tabloid news.

We were never a family that had a lot. We had enough, but not a lot.

Forgiveness is the highest form of a gift of kindness and it brings freedom from the prison of hatred and revenge.

Try to smile, everything will be fine.

If you want to increase your success rate, double your failure rate.

Testing leads to failure, and failure leads to understanding

God Himself is the best Poet, And the Real is His song.

Just going on the road and entertaining the fans, that's amazing.

All the small, simple, conscious acts of living a sudden defense against the dying we do every day.

Investing should be more like watching paint dry or watching grass grow. If you want excitement, take $800 and go to Las Vegas.

In politics, there's a fine line between too much conviction and too little.

Every time we sin in thought, word, or deed, we're essentially saying in that moment that, "I don't need you God. I don't want you God. I like my way better than your way."