I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.

Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind.

Hope is some extraordinary spiritual grace that God gives us to control our fears, not to oust them.

Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven.

What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail?

Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.

Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams.

Everyone here has the sense that right now is one of those moments when we are influencing the future.

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.

The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.