I want to thank you, Lord, for life and all that's in it. Thank you for the day and for the hour, and the minute.

Don't trust people who don't laugh. I don't.

I am not competing with anyone other than myself. I want to be excellent at whatever I do.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive

It's very important to know the neighbor next door and the people down the street and the people in another race.

The caged bird sings with a fearful trill, of things unknown, but longed for still, and his tune is heard on the distant hill, for the caged bird sings of freedom.

Love is that condition in the human spirit so profound that it allows me to survive, and better than that, to thrive with passion, compassion, and style.