Since time is the one immaterial object which we cannot influence neither speed up nor slow down add to nor diminish it is an imponderably valuable gift.

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!

Your coming to Christ is not for you to fill up the seats or to take part in rites

That is what chronic illness is . . . a disconnect between what our souls can do and what our bodies can do.

The strength of my heart is the music in my spirit.

She kept forcing herself to remember the entire conversation, playing it back and playing it back, all the way through, forcing a finger down her memory's throat.

Knowledge is our most powerful engine of production.

Without the darkness, we can't really appreciate the light

This is how you answer a door in my neighborhood. WHO IS IT?

A concern with 'public morality' is - if not the last refuge of a scoundrel - the first foray of the fascist.

Photography cannot change the world, but it can show the world, especially when it changes.

I hate the neologism "owned" for "scored a victory over". I have no intention of owning anyone, and nobody will ever own me.