Love is such a deep gratitude. When you are truly in love with life, every breath you take is gratitude.

You cannot save everyone. Some people are going to destroy themselves no matter how much you try to help them.

An intelligent person is never afraid or ashamed to find errors in his understanding of things.

Every positive thought is a silent prayer which will change your life.

Your intelligence is a fire that can illuminate any darkness. Awaken and let your mind burn so brightly! You are alive for a reason!

You cannot save people from themselves. All you can do is stand firmly in your hopes for them, with compassion.

When the storm rips you to pieces, you get to decide how to put yourself back together again.

Some people are so addicted to their misery that they will destroy anything that gets in the way of their fix.

Your health is a long-range investment that will pay-off when you need it most.

If you are really humble you will put yourself first when you need to take care of you.

By choosing positivity you become a contender for the human spirit giving hope to those in need.

It occurred to me by intuition, and music was the driving force behind that intuition. My discovery was the result of musical perception.

As co-chair of the Iraqi Women's Caucus in the House, I've enjoyed the opportunity to collaborate with and hear from Iraqi women elected to serve in the new National Assembly.

Software is largely a service industry operating under the persistent but unfounded delusion that it is a manufacturing industry

Man must have just enough faith in himself to have adventures, and just enough doubt of himself to enjoy them.

Ring the bells that still can ring.

No fool can play chess, and only fools do.

Two years of close association with some of the best (as well as some of the worst) tunes in the world was a better musical education than any amount of sonatas and fugues.

There is a lot of talk about a centre party - and that I might lead it. I find this idea profoundly unattractive

I'm perceived to be this solitary character, but nothing could be further from the truth.

Children pay more attention to what you do than to what you say.