I have my rights, not because of Washington suddenly deciding, Strom Thurmond and others, "Hey, let's give certain Americans equal rights." But because of the ardent, unyielding voice of protesters.

It is okay not to like someone, but it is never okay to try and degrade, humiliate, or dehumanize them.

Leadership is not a position or a title, it is action and example.

The world you see outside of you will always be a reflection of what you have inside of you.

Before you speak to me about your religion, first show it to me in how you treat other people. Before you tell me how much you love your God, show me in how much you love all His children.

Don't let your inability to do everything undermine your determination to do something.

When happy, be kind. When angry, be kind. When hopeful, be kind. When discouraged, be kind. When ever, be kind.

No matter what, we always have the power to choose hope over despair, engagement over apathy, kindness over indifference, love over hate.

The right attitude can transform a barrier into a blessing, an obstacle into an opportunity or a stumbling block into a stepping stone.

Give the respect you want to receive; embody the grace you hope to encounter; and help others with no expectations whatsoever.

Give more than is expected, love more than seems wise, serve more than seems necessary, and help more than is asked.

To bring up a child in the way he should go travel that way yourself once in a while.

Poetry is the experience of liberty. The poet risks himself, chances all on the poem's all with each verse he writes.

The singing of sea shanties as working songs at sea is a lost art

When I was a kid, our family used to watch 'Bonanza.' I really liked having a Sunday night TV ritual.

Some of the guys when they play, they try to keep it reality. Nah, I need the best everything.

We are having to live with paying the price for what happened before.

History needs distance, perspective. Facts and events which are too well attested cease, in some sort, to be malleable.

I like writing music that I think is beautiful, but perfection isn't really beautiful to me.

Men always want to be a woman's first love. That is their clumsy vanity. We women have a more subtle instinct about things.

An MP is the only job where you have 70,000 employers, and only one employee.