And I not only have the right to stand up for myself, but I have the responsibility. I can't ask somebody else to stand up for me if I won't stand up for myself. And once you stand up for yourself, you'd be surprised that people say, "Can I be of help?"

I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way (s)he handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.

Loving someone liberates the lover as well as the beloved. And that kind of love comes with age.

Listen to yourself and in that quietude you might hear the voice of God.

I encourage courtesy. To accept nothing less than courtesy, and to give nothing less than courtesy.

One must learn to care for oneself first, so that one can then dare to care for someone else.

Don't let the man bring you down.