Ordinary people can bring about change.

I interviewed - no - had lunch with Harper Lee several years ago, trying to convince Harper Lee to do "To Kill a Mockingbird" for the book club. She wouldn't do it. She said, "Honey, I said everything I wanted to say."

Don?t back down just to keep the peace. Standing up for your beliefs builds self-confidence and self-esteem.

What you put out comes back all the time, no matter what.

It's much easier for me to make major life, multi-million dollar decisions, than it is to decide on a carpet for my front porch. That's the truth.

What we all desire is the fullest, highest expression of ourselves.

If you seek what is honorable, what is good, what is the truth of your life, all the other things you could not imagine come as a matter of course.