Words of encouragement fan the spark of genius into the flame of achievement. Legend tells us that Lincoln's dying mother called her small son to her bedside and whispered, 'Be somebody, Abe'.

Let your light shine. Be a source of strength and courage. Share your wisdom. Radiate love.

Champion the right to be yourself; dare to be different and to set your own pattern, live your own life, and follow your own star.

Be gentle with yourself, learn to love yourself, to forgive yourself, for only as we have the right attitude toward ourselves can we have the right attitude toward others.

Our children are watching us live and what we are shouts louder than anything we can say.

Big thinking precedes great achievement.

See it big, and keep it simple.

Success is not arriving at the summit of a mountain as a final destination. It is a continuing upward spiral of progress. It is perpetual growth.

We give of ourselves when we give gifts of the heart: love, kindness, joy, understanding, sympathy, tolerance, forgiveness. . .

It is great to love life. Accept life as a precious gift from the hand of God and strive to make the most of it.

Love is the creative fire, the inspiration that keeps the torch of progress aflame.

Failure is enriching. It's also important to accept that you'll make mistakes - it's how you build your expertise. The trick is to learn a positive lesson from all of life's negative moments.

You're born with certain gifts and you use them as best you can in life. You begin to learn and recognize that you have certain skills and aptitudes that you apply and use them to carry you forward.

Did you ever know that you're a jackass?

I'm supposed to be a normal, sane type person, but after you go through war and such, you become superstitious. I am convinced that somebody is looking after me.

I don't wait for the calendar to figure out when I should live life.

We become what we think about most.

willing me to understand: that people should be sacrificed to causes, that beauty can be built on the backs of the dead.

Knowing that one is always capable of change, the second step lies in making the decision to change. Change does not occur by merely willing it anymore than behavior changes simply through insight.

It takes more than a college degree to make one a person of education. Any person who is educated is one who has learned to get whatever he wants in life without violating the rights of others.

Truth is treason in the empire of lies.