Why does a government agency that has no connection with my community have the right to dictate what is appropriate for it?

Your uniqueness is your greatest strength, not how well you emulate others.

The true cost of following your dreams isn't what you sacrifice when you chase them, it's what you lose when you don't

People who are driven by their values will overcome hurdles, difficulties, and obstacles in ways that people driven only by profit will never be able to

I met a woman who told me she wasn't attracted to Asians. No worries, I said. I'm not attracted to racists.

Let's make progress justice a process, not an afterthought

People who are driven by love will overcome hardships and hurdles in ways that people who are only driven by profit never can.

Racism doesn't have to fit our stereotypes for what it is in order for it to hurt - but it also means that tools for dismantling the system don't have it fit our stereotype either.

We aim for the higher calling of God.

...no matter how much success you may experience in life, your eventual story - no offence intended - will be one of failure. Your bodily organs will fail, and you'll die.

The power of the people is much stronger than the people in power

Most of these who are thrust into combat soon find it impossible to maintain the mythic perception of war.

Penance does not require hair shirts today; our neighbors are hair shirts.

I think all women in all industries have more obstacles than men.

The writer I feel the most affinity with - you said you felt my books are 19th century novels, I think they're 18th century novels - is Fielding, Henry Fielding, he's the guy who does it for me.

I was writing songs because I needed them, songs about trusting God in difficult circumstances.

My life wasn’t how I planned it would be. It wasn’t even close. It was a thousand times better.

Let it be fact, one feels, or let it be fiction; the imagination will not serve under two masters simultaneously.