I think one of the keys to leadership is recognizing that everybody has gifts and talents. A good leader will learn how to harness those gifts toward the same goal.

We have much more in common with other people than we have apart.

The more I learn about the human body, our environment, and the universe, the more it increases my faith.

My mother only had a third grade education, was illiterate, worked as a domestic 2 to 3 jobs at a time, because she didn't want to be on welfare, because she never saw people who went on welfare come off of welfare, and she just didn't want to have her life controlled in that fashion.

Successful people don't have fewer problems. They have determined that nothing will stop them from going forward.

It does not matter where we come from or what we look like. If we recognize our abilities, are willing to learn and to use what we know in helping others, we will always have a place in the world.

Through the use of books I had the whole world at my feet: could travel anywhere, meet anyone, and do anything.