Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time.
The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.
History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.
Nothing will work unless you do.
It's one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody.
You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.
I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.
Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.
I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side, be an advocate for myself and others like me.
If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.
Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time.
My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.
If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love.
If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.
We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.
Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.
My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.