The point is, we can decry the dangers we face or ignore them or even allow ourselves to be paralyzed by fear.

Reading activates and exercises the mind. Reading forces the mind to discriminate. From the beginning, readers have to recognize letters printed on the page, make them into words, the words into sentences, and the sentences into concepts. Reading pushes us to use our imagination and makes us more creatively inclined.

We need to be willing to stand up and speak up for what we believe.

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

We don't know the end from the beginning the way that God does. So when a child dies, sure that is incredibly difficult, and when you are the parent, there is almost nothing anybody can say to you that makes any sense.

Corporations are not in business to be social-welfare organizations; they are there to make money.

I'd like to be remembered as someone who got others to recognize the potential that was within them.