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

“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.”

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

“Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.”

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

“We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy.”

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

“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.”

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

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