The media can be challenging, but at the same time, without the media, I would not have been able to share my personal story. Often the media can bring beauty and encouragement to people's lives...

I don't need easy, I just need possible.

Courage doesn't mean you don't get afraid. Courage means you don't let fear stop you.

People can do whatever they want if they just set their heart to it, and just never give up, and just go out there and do it.

Life is a lot like surfing… When you get caught in the impact zone, you’ve got to just get back up. Because you never know what may be over the next wave.

Life is full of what-ifs. You can’t let it hold you back. If you do, you’re not really living at all… just kind of going through the motions with no meaning

Love is bigger then a tsunami, stronger then any fear.

Being creative on the waves is challenging, but we each create art in our own way.

Courage, sacrifice, determination, commitment, toughness, heart, talent, guts. That's what little girls are made of; the heck with sugar and spice.

We all go through rough times. We have those obstacles that seem too large to overcome or that current that you never seem to swim out of. We have to decide what matters most to us - our passions.

My strength came from my relationship with Christ and from the love and encouragement of my family and friends.

The keen spirit seizes the prompt occasion.

Nothing begins and nothing ends That is not paid with moan For we are born in others' pain And perish in our own.

[T]hough individual oppression may now and then proceed fro the courts of justice, the general liberty of the people can never be endangered from that quarter . . .

Have nothing to do with coaches. In fact, if you should see one coming, go and hide behind the pavilion until he goes away.

What education is to the individual, revelation is to the whole human race.

For the children and the flowers are my sisters and my brothers, come and stand beside me, we can find a better way.

The two greatest priorities for my government are tackling tax evasion and corruption.

He aint heavy, he's my brother.

To get through a war, a man needs something bigger than himself to fight for.

A person's way of doing things is a direct result of the way he thinks about things.