The trouble for the thief is not how to steal the chief’s bugle, but where to blow it.

If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love. Don't be surly at home, then go out in the street and start grinning 'Good morning' at total strangers.

Listen to some good poetry. You see? It keeps us from thinking we are only what our blatant appetites describe us as.

My greatest blessing has been the birth of my son. My next greatest blessing has been my ability to turn people into children of mine.

You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!

Stormy or sunny days, glorious or lonely nights, I maintain an attitude of gratitude.

Cooking certain dishes, like roast pork, reminds me of my mother.