Laugh as much as you can.

Nothing will work unless you do.

A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. They simply strengthen your ability to overcome.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style

If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.

You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!

The holy spirit is the sole instrument of my judgement and wisdom

What people actually refer to as research nowadays is really just Googling.

You are not reconciled to God if you are unreconciled with your fellow human beings.

So that is what hell is. I would never have believed it. You remember: the fire and brimstone, the torture. Ah! the farce. There is no need for torture: Hell is other people.

I'm a fine artist working in a commercial arena, so that's my cross to bear

Power doesn't come from CONTENT, power comes from content that MOVES.

The Englishman who has lost his fortune is said to have died of a broken heart.

It just happens in life, where you resonate with a particular artist. Or it can be a kind of food or a fashion - you discover it and it gives you a whole new lease on life.

Language betrays, in order to mean.

Words belong to each other.