The two kinds of people on earth are the people who lift and the people who lean.

The truest greatness lies in being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind.

There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.

When we tire of well-worn ways, we seek for new. This restless craving in the souls of men spurs them to climb, and to seek the mountain view.

Divine the Powers that on this trio wait. Supreme their conquest, over Time and Fate. Love, Work, and Faith - these three alone are great.

So many gods, so many creeds, so many paths that wind and wind while just the art of being kind is all the sad world needs.

To sin by silence, when they should protest, makes cowards of men.

Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it.

A weed is but an unloved flower.

There is nothing we cannot live down, and rise above, and overcome.

With every deed you are sowing a seed, though the harvest you may not see.

sometimes we need the world and all the people on her to abandon us so we can turn to the One who will never leave us stranded.

Chasing angels or fleeing demons, go to the mountains.

I don't think the dreams die - I think that people give up. I think it gets too hard.

If I didn't have my camera to remind me constantly, I am here to do this, I would eventually have slipped away, I think. I would have forgotten my reason to exist.

There's only so much you can teach a person until you reach the limits of his capabilities.

The beauty of empowering others is that your own power is not diminished in the process.

I couldn't bare the idea of not being in regular communication with the audience I love - young women of color.

Dear young people, don't be afraid to marry. A faithful and fruitful marriage will bring you happiness.

One of the ways to reincarnate is to tell your story.

I had a lifelong quarrel with God, but in the end we made up.