When you get some free time, write. When you get some lazy time, plan. When you get down time, world build. When your time comes, shine!

If you work around at-risk teen students, actually tell them you love them and have faith in their success. No one tells them that. No one.

If you understand 'it' will come, then you'll understand 'it' will pass. No matter what happens, you can make it. Trust me, you can.

When teachers doubt your potential, show them how wrong they truly are.

If you get to a point where something happens today to stress you out, take a breath & center your thoughts on peace. Ignored thoughts die.

We can not escape tragic roads. It is like grasping at the sun & trying to catch air. We must take one step at-a-time. Keep going.

Sometimes, all it takes is your smile (even if forced) & a domino effect of smiles happen ... infectious.

Our lives are filled with meeting wonderful people. Make sure those that have become a part of your life hear your words of appreciation.

Ah, woman. She is an enigma. An anomaly of perfection & irony. She can lure angels into her arms & give birth to a nation of ideologies.

No matter what happens, you can get through this day. Inhale. Focus on the word, 'relax. Exhale. Say, 'I can do this!' And then do it.

No one likes rain but rain brings us pleasure for once pleasure's gone we learn what to treasure.

Anybody who has survived his childhood has enough information about life to last him the rest of his days.

a little modesty averts disgrace

And the ultimate question remains, To live, is it a blessing or the punishment itself ?

There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American.

At age 77, I need the help of someone with more energy than I can now summon to finish a book

I want people to feel that they've gotten to know the people in the film a little bit, gotten to see Pine Ridge in ways they haven't seen before. I think that's a good start.

I can bear pain myself, he said softly, but I couldna bear yours. That would take more strength than I have.

The hardest thing to cope with is not selfishness or vanity or deceitfulness, but sheer stupidity.

There is so much that is fake about our society. My generation is craving something that is real, honest and true. The Message is straight up! It's modern, relevant, and direct.

The problem for me with liberals is that we've abdicated our moral responsibility to the universe.