Nothing hurts more than realizing they meant everything to you, but you meant nothing to them.

Most people don't grow up. Most people age. They find parking spaces, honor their credit cards, get married, have children, and call that maturity. What that is, is aging.

I think that each of us is so much alike, and yet at the same time we are so different, and I have a feeling that if you encountered difficulty, and I with my age encountered the same difficulty, I would respond one way, and you would respond another. Neither would be right or wrong. It's just that each of us is courageous, and that's what I encourage, courage, and the courage to see, and the courage to say to oneself what one has seen. Don't be in denial.

No matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.

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.

You may be pretty or plain, heavy or thin, gay or straight, poor or rich. But remember this: In an election, every voice is equally powerful -- don't underestimate your vote. Voting is the great equalizer.

It may in fact be utterly impossible to be successful without helping others to become successful.