I love revision. Where else can spilled milk be turned into ice cream?

The name we give to something shapes our attitude toward it.

To fear is one thing. To let fear grab you by the tail and swing you around is another.

It is not enough to simply teach children to read; we have to give them something worth reading.

Peace is not won by those who fiercely guard their differences, but by those who with open minds and hearts seek out connections.

As much pleasure as young people get from Twittering and texting, there is no way these activities will nourish their minds and spirits the way literature can.

Reading can be a road to freedom or a key to a secret garden, which, if tended, will transform all of life.

As I look back on what I have written, I can see that the very persons who have taken away my time are those who have given me something to say.

Some folks are natural born kickers. They can always find a way to turn disaster into butter.

I love to read. But I loved to read a lot longer than I started to love writing.

I love revisions...We can't go back and revise our lives, but being allowed to go back and revise what we have written comes closest.

Change must start from the individual. And the individual must want and feel ready to make such change.

The wisest use of these skills is to develop habits, lives, and loves, not to use them just occasionally in single interactions.

I Think, Therefore I Am ... I Think ...

What we ask of him is, that he should find out for us more than we can find out for ourselves... He must have the passion of a lover.

The state team is committed to working with our federal partners in meeting the needs of Floridians who were affected by Hurricane Wilma. We want to be as thorough as possible in this vital endeavor.

Your life story would not make a good book. Don't even try.

The essence of the religious emotions consists in the feeling of an absolute dependence.

I suppose when I started out I would have liked to have been the darling of critics or something, but everybody wants to be loved and admired.

People think when you have a, quote, 'bank failure,' that that is the end of the bank. And it isn't necessarily.

Though every human being on the planet has an inclination for leadership, most of us do not have the courage to cultivate it.