Seize every opportunity along the way, for how sad it would be if the road you chose became the road not taken.

Charisma is not so much getting people to like you as getting people to like themselves when you're around.

There is a limit to how much you can change to be liked for who you really are.

What we have earned by the sweat of our brow, we defend with pride. What we have gained by the accident of birth, we guard with prejudice.

Sometimes the answer to our prayers is to become the answer to someone else's prayers.

The lesson of Good Friday is to never lose hope — or at least give it 48 hours.

Be happy, and a reason will come along.