“My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy.”

The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind.

Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.

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.

Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.

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.

Knowledge wins over ignorance. What about being happy? You naturally see what’s wrong first than to appreciate good things.

Chase perfection. Come as close as can be. Ignore the weak naysayers. They are trapped and you are free.

Wildlife of the world is disappearing, not because of a malicious and deliberate policy of slaughter and extermination, but simply because of a general and widespread ignorance and neglect.

Young people are the same as they always were. They are just as ignorant.

People will give you a million reasons why your dreams are crazy. Ignore anyway.  

Keep ignoring someone, Regret when they forget you.

A prime part of the history of our Constitution is the story of the extension of constitutional rights to people once ignored or excluded.

We are never free from what we choose to ignore.