To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool.

I was raised Baptist, and I like the fact that I got my conscience installed early.

All that you touch You Change. All that you Change Changes you. The only lasting truth is Change. God is Change.

In order to rise From its own ashes A phoenix First Must Burn.

Drowning people Sometimes die Fighting their rescuers.

Kindness eases change Love quiets fear

When your rage is choking you, it is best to say nothing.

We're all capable of climbing so much higher than we usually permit ourselves to suppose.

There is no end To what a living world Will demand of you.

Be who you are and not who someone else thinks you ought to be.

I'm me, and I'm here, and I'm writing.

If you want to be a calligrapher, write, and write, and write.

Don’t settle for a half empty glass, always go for a full one!

No, I was not born with a monocle in my eye.

You can't mastermind everything. You'll go crazy. Just show up and play.

Be intentional about your life and what you want to accomplish, but understand there's no choice you make that you can't change.

I had no luck when I started out as a model. I keep telling people that it's the only career in the world that you can't choose for yourself - you have to be chosen.

The big picture is a nice way to think of things if you have the freedom to.

When I first anchored in 1970, I had never seen a woman anchor a news show.

Appreciation can make a day - even change a life.

There is nothing like a naturalistic orientation to dispel all these morbid thoughts of "sin" and "free will" and "moral responsibility.