I definitely believe in a higher power.

The more I expect, the more unhappy I am going to be. The more I accept, the more serene I am.

Zoos are becoming facsimiles - or perhaps caricatures - of how animals once were in their natural habitat. If the right policies toward nature were pursued, we would need no zoos at all.

Acceptance doesn't mean resignation; it means understanding that something is what it is and that there's got to be a way through it.

I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence I can reach for; perfection is God's business.

Our challenges don’t define us, our actions do.

If you fixate on the worst-case scenario and it actually happens, you’ve lived it twice.

Family is not an important thing. It's everything.

I like to encourage people to realize that any action is a good action if it's proactive and there is positive intent behind it.

One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered.

Medical science has proven time and again that when the resources are provided, great progress in the treatment, cure, and prevention of disease can occur.

I am a miserable cook but an extremely talented eater.

Willpower is nothing but willingness to do.

America today is a confused society, caught up in a terror war, a culture war, and a media war, where honesty and professional standards have vanished.

Who can doubt that between the English and the French, between the Scotch and the Irish, there are differences of character which have profoundly affected and still affect the course of history?

You're not going to be great at everything. Surround yourself with people that can compliment you so you can work together and then everybody can be successful.

This year I am choosing to live beyond my wildest dreams. I wonder where they'll take me.

If you spend too much time watching and fantasizing others while they achieve their dreams you may well miss your own.

You either have an imaginative mind or you don't. All of my writing is God-given. I don't write my stories - they write themselves.

It has been very good here, but the World Cup game was different. It had a different significance to it.

Flattery looks like friendship, just like a wolf looks like a dog. Food for thought is no substitute for the real thing.