If you had to choose only two qualities to get you through times of change, the first should be a sense of self-worth and the second a sense of humor.

Success is not a destination that you ever reach. Success is the quality of your journey.

It's a lot easier to get your way if you have more than one way.

The accumulation of small, optimistic acts produces quality in our culture and in your life. Our culture resonates in tense times to individual acts of grace.

There are, of course, two kinds of suffering, that which has a reward and that which doesn't.

Then you will be the one others envy, and you can remember the pain and reach out to them.

The best revenge is, of course, a good life. Enjoy yourself, be happy, be successful. It'll drive them crazy-or you can imagine it does. You'll feel so good you won't care.

The journey toward the heart is always a journey home.

Pain is a great teacher, but most of us would rather learn some other way.

People who think in absolutes usually don't listen to anyone but themselves. They resist new ideas and try to preserve the status quo.

People who think they know usually stopped thinking long ago.

We have a large public that is very ignorant about public affairs and very susceptible to simplistic slogans by candidates who appear out of nowhere, have no track record, but mouth appealing slogans

I shall seize fate by the throat.

In vain we shall penetrate more and more deeply the secrets of the structure of the human body, we shall not dupe nature; we shall die as usual.

I hate everything that comes from the United States. I hate it with all my strength.

Thats why we are inconveniencing air traffickers, to make sure nobody is carrying weapons on airplanes.

Ever since I watched 'Roots,' I've dreamed of tracing my African ancestry and helping other people do the same.

My compulsion is to create things.

Flickering lights anonymous doors my heart escaping in drips i'm still waking up but she's still sleeping this ICU is hotel for the dead

Great leaders are pragmatists who can deal with difficult realities but still have the optimism and courage to act.

Crime requires further crime to conceal it.