Today is nothing but a snapshot of a place I've been, but not the place I'll always be.

Pain strengthens and failure teaches us the proper way to do things.

We are who we are, but we know who we are through our response to the changing world.

Some say they love you, but some actually "do" the loving. These are the ones that truly love you, because love is seen in actions.

It's okay for someone to tell me who they think I am, but it's not okay when they try to impose that idea on me.

Hearts everywhere bear scars of one form of hurt or the other, and it is necessary to keep this in mind when trying to understand why a person is the way he or she is.

It is what you do about the fear you feel that sets you apart, to be a coward or a courageous person.

What is their real problem? Is it the fear or is it what they do after feeling it?

By taking control of the present, you are choosing to alter the past you are making for yourself, and your future too.

People usually gossip about people they don't quite understand, are jealous of, or have other negative feelings for.

Accept loyalty gratefully, and accept betrayal with a smile, knowing that it teaches you life lessons.

You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.

There is nothing humble about this woman.

The size of the seed does not determine the size of the tree.

I wept because I had no shoes until I saw a man who had no feet.

Its about letting go so you can get what what you want.

Resolved, That it is the duty of the women of this country to secure to themselves their sacred right to the elective franchise.

Long ago, in a burst of friendliness, Aunty and Uncle Jimmy produced a son named Henry.

When you're a working writer, sooner or later friends and acquaintances will get you alone and confide that they, too, have a book in them.

My mother wasn't strong like my aunt. She was just very passive.

We broke the world to make it whole.