My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive

We must create a climate where people agree that human beings are more alike than unalike. The only way to do that is through education.

Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.

Each child belongs to all of us and they will bring us a tomorrow in direct relation to the responsibility we have shown to them.

I thought I'm going to die. So why can't I do everything? And what is this idea that I worked all day yesterday, so I'm tired today? I've never believed that.I thought, "Just suppose I could choreograph a ballet." And I did it. Suppose I could teach dance at the theater in Cleveland. And I did it. Suppose I could sing for a living - that I could stop these two jobs as a waitress and a salesperson.

Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares which will not withdraw from us. We need hours of aimless wandering or spates of time sitting on park benches, observing the mysterious world of ants and the canopy of treetops.

If men are God's gift to women, then God must really love gag gifts.