Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency.

You can ask goodness in, show it how much you like it, make room for it. And it says, "Oh, I like this place, I think I'll stay here." Which is why people go into one house and say, "I want to take my shoes off." At another house, no matter how beautiful it is, they might say, "Hmm, I can't stay."

Anger is like fire. It burns all clean.

Still, when it looked like the sun wasn't going to shine anymore, God put a rainbow in the clouds.

The truth is, no one of us can be free until everybody is free.

In order to be a mentor, and an effective one, one must care. You must care. You don't have to know how many square miles are in Idaho, you don't need to know what is the chemical makeup of chemistry, or of blood or water. Know what you know and care about the person, care about what you know and care about the person you're sharing with.

Remember, people will judge you by your actions not your intentions. You may have a heart of gold but so does a hard-boiled egg.