You are worthy because you were born.

I felt that it was deeply moving and profound, and of course everybody was like, "Oh, the president [Barack Obama] can sing!" Maybe a little off key! I actually think that the sermon reinforced the very nature of the grace that the victims' families had shown to the world.

You look at yourself and you accept yourself for who you are, and once you accept yourself for who you are you become a better person.

Even as a kid, my memories are of books taking me out of myself.

I had no idea that being your authentic self could make me as rich as I've become. If I had, I'd have done it a lot earlier.

I live inside God's dream for me. I don't try to tell God what I'm supposed to do. . . God can dream a bigger dream for you than you can dream for yourself.

Difficulties come when you don't pay attention to life's whisper. Life always whispers to you first, but if you ignore the whisper, sooner or later you'll get a scream