I think I know that I deserve better. And so I try for better. I'm never so put off that I would ever walk out of a place not having tried the best I could.

There is an intimate laughter to be found only among friends

I have heard it said that winter, too, will pass, that spring is a sign that summer is due at last. See, all we have to do is hang on.

The charitable say in effect, 'I seem to have more than I need and you seem to have less than you need. I would like to share my excess with you.' Fine, if my excess is tangible, money or goods, and fine if not, for I learned that to be charitable with gestures and words can bring enormous joy and repair injured feelings.

I respect myself and insist upon it from everybody. And because I do it, I then respect everybody, too.

I walk into a room Just as cool as you please, And to a man, The fellows stand or Fall down on their knees.

We need to haunt the house of history and listen anew to the ancestors' wisdom.