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.

The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.

You must feed your mind with reading material, thoughts, and ideas that open you to new possibilities.

When people show you who they are ... believe them!

It's up to each of us to get very still and say, 'This is who I am.' No one else defines your life. Only you do.

When you run a race, you hurt your ability to compete when you turn your head to look at the competition chasing you, you lose a step physically and psychologically. Run the race always stretching to do your best, imitations will come in last, no one can catch an original.

You get from the world what you give to the world.