Failure hurts pretty bad. But when you got good people around you they remind you that failure is actually just a lesson. It's how not to walk so you don't fall again.

Life is a carousel. It goes up and down. All U gotta do is just stay on.

Don't wait for the stars to align, reach up and rearrange them the way you want...create your own constellation

Happiness is not about the trophy, or the finish line. It's the journey. If you enjoy your journey, you can enjoy your life

There's a key for every door, and if you can't find it, you can make one. That's always an option.

You are one of one. None before and none to come. That what makes you different, makes you beautiful.

Fashion has to reflect who you are, what you feel at the moment, and where you're going.

In order to do great things, you must be unafraid to recreate yourself. You can't do that holding on to a glory from yesterday.

First thing I do [in the morning] is thank the master. I thank God every day.

Wealth is of the heart and mind, not the pocket

That which makes you different is actually the thing that makes you special.

(N)ot writing was hard work, almost as hard as writing.

I love you as I love the air that surrounds me, without knowing that my life depends on it.

Love… is friendship. A deep, lasting foundation that you both decided to set on fire.

I write because I know magic happens

You have enough time to do everything God wants you to do.

I've always said I'm a teacher at heart.

Vice president—it has such a nice ring to it.

I do feel a lot of times like I'm out of my league with my kids in terms of what my responsibility is.

We see the man when we look at the monkey; we see the monkey when we look at the man!

Smallpox in a blanket, which the U.S. Army gave to the Cherokee Indians on their long march to the West, was nothing compared to what I'd like to see done to these people