He who keeps his own counsel keeps his affairs in his own hands.
The capacity for friendship is God's way of apologizing for our families.
Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.
We gotta be willing to seek direction. . . we've gotta be willing to look within.
I'm learning how to drown out the constant noise that is such an inseparable part of my life. I don't have to prove anything to anyone, I only have to follow my heart and concentrate on what I want to say to the world. I run my world.
Getting over a painful experience is much like crossing monkey bars. You have to let go at some point in order to move forward.
Kids not only need to read a lot but they need lots of books they can read right at their fingertips. They also need access to books that entice them, attract them to reading. Schools. . . can make it easy and unrisky for children to take books home for the evening or weekend by worrying less about losing books to children and more about losing children to illiteracy.
Appreciation is the legal tender that all souls enjoy.
I could never pretend something I didn't feel. I could never make love if I didn't love, and if I loved I could no more hide the fact than change the color of my eyes.
Charlie Christian showed me a lot, and was a great help, but even then, I realised that if I was going to make it, it was no use copying Charlie
Big pay and little responsibility are circumstances seldom found together.
If you want to work consistently, you have to be a team player.
We may have different backgrounds, but we believe in the same dream that says this is a country where anything's possible. No matter who you are. No matter where you come from.
I'm easy to work with, not a pushover, but I respond to criticism and find it inspiring.
I have been accused of many things in my life, but not even my worst enemy has ever accused me of being afraid to speak my mind.
. . . Respecting the woman as an important and valuable human being and making certain that the woman's experience while giving birth is fulfilling and empowering is not just a nice extra, it is absolutely essential as it makes the woman strong and therefore makes society strong.
You only have power in your energy field. . . so the only way to live the life you want is in your energy field. . . and your greatest power is love.
The forces of immorality and Marxism and evil count on one thing: Us not showing up. And often, they're justified in that. And I think if you look at some of the things that have happened this year with the Freedom Agenda, it should encourage you, that when you show up, we actually win.
Dreams are real as long as they last. Can we say more of life?
Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never -- in nothing, great or small, large or petty -- never give in, except to convictions of honor and good sense.