It is, therefore, essential that we guard our own thinking and not be among those who cry out against prejudices applicable to themselves, while busy spawning intolerances for others.

Education is the mother of leadership.

I believe in America because we have great dreams, and because we have the opportunity to make those dreams come true.

Whenever we take away the liberties of those whom we hate we are opening the way to loss of liberty for those we love.

It is from weakness that people reach for dictators and concentrated government power. Only the strong can be free. And only the productive can be strong.

No man has a right in America to treat any other man "tolerantly" for tolerance is the assumption of superiority. Our liberties are equal rights of every citizen.

The test of good manners is to be able to put up pleasantly with bad ones.

Freedom of the press is the staff of life, for any vital democracy.

When we talk of freedom and opportunity for all nations, the mocking paradoxes in our own society become so clear they can no longer be ignored.

I am not interested in the support of anybody who stands for any form of prejudice as to anybody's race or religion. . . . I have no place in my philosophy for such beliefs.

And political parties, overanxious for vote catching, become tolerant to intolerant groups.

Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren't always comfortable, but they're never weakness.

For my success I am immensely grateful to God, my parents, my family, my friends, my teachers and to the books I read.

If there is any characteristic that is distinctly human, it is the capability for reflective self-consciousness.

Emotionally, in our minds, we get so filled with resentments where we've got a story about absolutely everything.

I faced the gaudy sunflower on her canvas bag -- it looked hand-painted and at last my eyes fell into hers. I said, 'Thanks for the card.' Her smile put the sunflower to shame. She walked off.

Motives reveal why we do what we do, which is actually more important to God than what we're doing.

I love talk shows and hosting. I would want to do something like that. I'm not sure I would want to be a reality star continuously.

The heart is an organ of perception.

And I a smiling woman. I am only thirty. And like the cat I have nine times to die.

Avoid the trap of looking back unless it is to glorify God for what He has done.