The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.

Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.

True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.

Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.

I have always drawn strength from being close to home.

I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting.

True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.

You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.

If I were to say, 'God, why me?' about the bad things, then I should have said, 'God, why me?' about the good things that happened in my life.

I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my best to keep my boat steady and my sails full.

One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.

From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.

When we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you.