Even if you can't just snap your fingers and make a dream come true, you can travel in the direction of your dream, every single day and you can shorten the distance between the two of you.

A friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be.

You're an original, an individual, a masterpiece. Celebrate that; don't let your uniqueness make you shy. Don't be someone other than the wonder you are. Every star is important to the sky.

I am aware that I am less than some people prefer me to be, but most people are unaware that I am so much more than what they see.

Your life can be what you want it to be... You'll make it through whatever comes along. Within you are so many answers. Understand, have courage, be strong.

Don't scrutinize people with a microscope; view them from a comfortable distance. And allow some room for compassion in the space the lies between you.

Nothing wastes more energy than worrying. The longer one carries a problem, the heavier it becomes. Don't take life too seriously. Live a life full of serenity, not of regrets.

There aren't many things as therapeutic as smiles and laughter. Whenever you look at things in a lighter vein, it shows that your heart is in the right place.

It takes being an active participant in your life. But you are in the driver's seat, and you can determine the direction you want tomorrow to go in.

Each new day is a blank page in the diary of your life. The secret of success is in turning that diary into the best story you possibly can.

Keep believing in brighter days, finding ways for your dreams and wishes to come true. Giving you hope that is as certain as the sun, giving you strength of serenity as your guide.

Live with grace and dignity. It's a middle finger to the darkness

Africa must remain on the path of democracy. But democracy MUST also remain about the PEOPLE, not about power

If children feel safe, they can take risks, ask questions, make mistakes, learn to trust, share their feelings, and grow.

Why should nutrition matter less in the creation of young humans than it does in young plants? I'm sure that it doesn't.

California is a place in which a boom mentality and a sense of Chekhovian loss meet in uneasy suspension.

Valentine's Day is my mother's birthday. If I'm wildly in love, I've sent people chicken hearts, which seems to appeal to the kind of person that I've been in love with.

Most [people] see education only as the means by which a person is transported from one economic plane to a higher one.

Abraham Lincoln suggested never presume to know what God's will is, and I would never presume to know God's will or to speak God's words.

It is easier to exclude harmful passions than to rule them, and to deny them admittance than to control them after they have been admitted.

I've always liked Dennis Chambers, he's real flashy.