“While I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else and everything else are also God’s creation.”

I’ve learned that I still have a lot to learn.

Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.

Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it!

I sustain myself with the love of family.

Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good.

When we find someone who is brave, fun, intelligent, and loving, we have to thank the universe.

I’ve learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you’ll miss them when they’re gone from your life.

I believe most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.

You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated.

Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.

The ache for home lives in all of us. The safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.

There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it.

While one may encounter many defeats, one must not be defeated.

It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.

Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.

Creating is really what I like to do. The best thing in the world is to have an idea in the back of your head and then to make that idea into a movie and have people all over the world enjoy it.

Create the world you want, and fill it with the opportunities that matter to you.

I wasn’t intentionally trying to create my own path or be original, it was just I needed to say certain things and I needed to express myself, and that’s how it came out.

Create your own path, hone your talent, be ready to show your talent, and don’t doubt yourself.

I just really want to make albums – and however I can, I will.

I believe in creative visualization.

We know enough at this moment to say that the God of Abraham is not only unworthy of the immensity of creation; he is unworthy even of man.

Language creates reality. Words have power. Speak always to create joy.