You can understand why I'm a believer. I have seen miracles.

I have sunshine in my heart regardless of conditions around me.

Quite frankly, having an uninformed populace works extremely well, particularly when you have a media that doesn't understand its responsibility and feels more like it's an arm of a political party. They can really take advantage of an uninformed populace.

The doors of the world are opened to people who can read.

That's the only way we're going to get through these programs. That is true compassion. Having people become dependent on others is not compassion at all.

Being a doctor at Johns Hopkins does not make me any better in God's sight than the individual who has not had the opportunity to gain such an education but who still works hard.

Nobody can hinder you from doing what you want, if that's what you set your mind to. You can always find a hook to hang excuses on, but they're only excuses. You don't have anyone to blame but yourself. Nobody else makes you fail.