Life is going to give you just what you put in it. Put your whole heart in everything you do, and pray, then you can wait.

My heart is so heavy when I see the reality of the Indian reservation and as an American, I know I am, too, responsible.

I love the melodies in the Old Testament, how preachers highlight them when they read from the Scripture. But I was influenced forever by the New Testament. I love the Beatitudes, informing us that the meek shall inherit the earth.

Laugh...It's the sweetest thing one can do for oneself and one's fellow human beings.

I speak a number of languages, but none are more beautiful to me than English.

A joyful spirit is evidence of a grateful heart.

I'm grateful to intelligent people. That doesn't mean educated. That doesn't mean intellectual. I mean really intelligent. What black old people used to call 'mother wit' means intelligence that you had in your mother's womb. That's what you rely on. You know what's right to do.