"Safety first" has been the motto of the human race for half a million years but it has never been the motto of leaders.

We can only keep what we have by being willing to freely give it away; a paraphrase of Jesus Christ.

Best smiles come after the toughest time.

Religion is like a blind man looking in a black room for a black cat that isn't there, and finding it.

Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.

If God is for us, who can be against us?

If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn't love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.

Why not learn to enjoy the little things-there are so many of them.

Remember the past, plan for the future, but live for today, because yesterday is gone and tomorrow may never come.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left.

God helps those who help themselves.

The word of God warns us of every scheme of wickedness.

Being nice merely to be liked in return nullifies the point.

The Iranian people are getting restive because of the challenges that sanctions have posed to their economy.

We ought to be judged on how many laws we repeal.

My biggest influence is someone I really don't know at all: Tina Fey. Smart, funny, beautiful, self-deprecating, also a mom and a wife.

There is not a moment without some duty.

Most of my work consisted of crossing out. Crossing out was the secret of all good writing.

People can overcome their differences, and when united, move toward a world of greater fairness and justice. As in folk music, each person has a unique role to play.

Book tours are like boot camp but with little sleep and less food.

The personal lives of painters are tragic and inevitable and do not explain the artist. For the artist is his work and no longer human.