Let the brain go to work, let it meet the heart and you will be able to forgive.

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!

Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength. Then it can never be your weakness. Armour yourself in it, and it will never be used to hurt you.

That's the magic of books. They're never quite the same for any two people. When you read one, you automatically make it your own.

Building up a weakness just makes you less disabled. Building a strength can take you to the top of the world.

Difficult and painful as it is, we must walk on in the days ahead with an audacious faith in the future.

Music is a mantra that soothes the soul...something our body has to have. It's important to understand the power of music.

It is often better to be restricted to necessity than unconfined in the measure of our desires: prosperity destroys more individuals than adversity ruins.

If we invade Iraq and the regime is very close to falling, I'm very, very concerned that the Iraqis will, in fact, use weapons of mass destruction.

Enjoy life. And be careful what you pray for - remember, you will get it all.

Victory is within our ready grasp...We are in reach of a famous victory

For you and I are past our dancing days.