Life is a gift, and i try to respond with grace and courtesy.

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!

You may not be able to change the world, but at least you can embarrass the guilty.

Sometimes you need to stop fighting to stop drowning

Do you think that God would separate me from my husband if I killed myself? I feel as though I am going out of my mind at times. Wouldn’t God understand that I just want to be with him?

I think the foundation of everything in my life is wonder.

I think the real risk comes in being willing to try to be authentic.

There has been a fair amount of criticism of the DNC for letting this squabble between [Bernie] Sanders and [Hillary] Clinton campaigns spill out into the open.

The finest wits have their sediment.

You get a lot farther in life without drugs.

Did the devil make the world while God was sleeping?

Anyone can relate to struggle, whether you're European or Asian. Anyone can relate to having to get up and go to work and eat.