My father said there were two kinds of people in the world: givers and takers. The takers may eat better, but the givers sleep better.

Every child deserves a chance at a life filled with love, laughter, friends and family.

Never face facts; if you do, you'll never get up in the morning.

One of the things about equality is not just that you be treated equally to a man, but that you treat yourself equally to the way you treat a man.

You know, theres endorphins in laughter, as there are endorphins in running in the park.

Women should know that they don't have to hang on to an old dream that has stopped nurturing them - that there is always time to start a new dream.

As much success came to him, my father stayed true to his promise. He built the hospital to help the most helpless children with catastrophic illnesses.

In the 1960s we were fighting to be recognized as equals in the marketplace, in marriage, in education and on the playing field. It was a very exciting, rebellious time.

Where will I be five years from now? I delight in not knowing. That's one of the greatest things about life its wonderful surprises.

Fame lost its appeal for me when I went into a public restroom and an autograph seeker handed me a pen and paper under the stall door.

We've been taught to believe that actions speak louder than words. But I think words speak pretty loud all of our lives; we carry these words in our head.

At 20 everyone has the face that God gave them, at 40 the face that life gave them, and at 60 the face they earned.

The man in the coon skin cap in the pig pen wants eleven dollar bills, you've only got ten.

A medical profession founded on callousness to the pain of the other animals may eventually destroy its own sensibility to the pain of humans.

Just because we can think does not mean we are separate from everything.

I wish I could say everything in one word. I hate all the things that can happen between the beginning of a sentence and the end.

You are a light that will always guide me, a whisper I'll always strain to hear.

If you take missions out of the Bible, you won't have anything left but the covers.

Actually, you’re not famous at all. Maybe you’ll get some traction after you’re dead?

Don’t waste talent. No matter what you do, don’t waste talent.

you already possess all you need to be genuinely happy.