In diversity we find our strongest bonds and most violent divides.

If you can prevent one fight among your children, let it be the fight for your attention.

Optimism is not the ability to live on the highest branch. It is the faith to learn to fly.

One can rarely achieve greatness on the path of least resistance.

Maturity is developed by respecting others and accepting responsibility for violating that respect.

Perceptions of impossibility are commonly disspelled by unmitigated courage and perseverance.

Trust is not established in the absence of betrayal, but in those whose betrayal is least.