Love liberates. Love - not sentimentality, not mush - but true love gives you enough courage that you can say to somebody, "Don't do that, baby." And the person will know you're not preaching but teaching.

Difficult is a far cry from impossible. The distance between these two lies hope. Hope and fear cannot occupy the same space at the same time. Invite one to stay.

I have respect for the past, but I'm a person of the moment.

We are the victims of the world's most comprehensive robbery. Life demands a balance. It's all right if we do a little robbing now.

I answer the heroic question, 'Death, where is thy sting?' with 'It is in my heart and mind and memories.

You don't need another person, place or thing to make you whole. God already did that. Your job is to know it.

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