For all the supporters of Tesla over the years, and it’s been several years now and there have been some very tough times, I’d just like to say thank you very much. I deeply appreciate the support, particularly through the darkest times.

I make such big efforts to forget things and I can’t tell the story of my life because, thank God, I’m still living it.

My kids are coming up in a different time then me. Interracial couples are of the norm. With me, it’s about making sure my kids understand the importance of education and having opportunities that I didn’t. My goal as a parent is to make sure they don’t take what they have for granted.

He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.

I knew through the surgeries that he was on my side and that this wasn’t something where I was gonna feel less of a woman, because my husband wasn’t gonna let that happen.

Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.

All the works of man have their origin in creative fantasy. What right have we then to depreciate imagination.

I don’t want flowers or candy or anything like that. I just want somebody to say, ‚Wow, you’ve done a great job.‘

In a universe that’s an intelligent system with a divine creative force supporting it, there simply can be no accidents. As tough as it is to acknowledge, you had to go through what you went through in order to get to where you are today, and the evidence is that you did.

Oh, you weak, beautiful people who give up with such grace. What you need is someone to take hold of you – gently, with love, and hand your life back to you.

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.

I love being American, and I love family. I love having a family, and I feel so blessed, and I feel like God gave me exactly what I wanted, so now I have to do the right thing in God’s eyes also. Just follow what God wants me to do.

To appreciate the noble is a gain which can never be torn from us.

Indeed, the Lord has not forgotten! He has blessed us and others throughout the world with the Book of Mormon.

Loyalty to the Nation all the time, loyalty to the Government when it deserves it.

I think there are a number of things that you can do to encourage your kids‘ dreams, but I do believe in speaking by experience of having a lot of help along the way, stumbling in the past. We’ve all stumbled, and we certainly all deserve to get up and walk again.

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.

The vibe in our locker room is real energetic and fun and real personable, I think from Day 1. That gets you through a lot of tough times, where in hard times, it might be common nature for guys to do their own thing and split up and become silent.

If you are not being bullied all I would say – cause I like to talk about the other side of it as well – is you know, be someone that nurtures, and if there’s someone in your class that maybe doesn’t have a lot of friends, be the person that sits with them in the cafeteria sometimes; be the bigger person.

A woman can’t be alone. She needs a man. A man and a woman support and strengthen each other. She just can’t do it by herself.

Cry if you have a compound fracture, by all means. Or if your grandpa died. But otherwise, save it for your pillow.

A man’s growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

It’s easy to get negative because you get beat down. You go through a few disappointments and it’s easy to stay in that negative frame of mind. Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is a whole cliche, but your attitude is going to determine how you’re going to live your life.

He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.

We love things we love what they are.

My songs are like my children – I expect them to support me when I’m old.

Who serves his country well has no need of ancestors.

I knew I was blessed with a gift of having both parents.

The chain of wedlock is so heavy that it takes two to carry it – and sometimes three.

God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with.

Fidelity and allegiance sworn to the King is only such a fidelity and obedience as is due to him by the law of the land; for were that faith and allegiance more than what the law requires, we would swear ourselves slaves and the King absolute; whereas, by the law, we are free men, notwithstanding those oaths.

An employer of mine back in the ’80s was kind enough to take me on after a rough patch, and it made a big difference in my life that I knew I was the sort of person who showed up on time. It’s a basic tell of character.

The community stagnates without the impulse of the individual. The impulse dies away without the sympathy of the community.

I like working. That’s when I’m feeling my best. And the people around me know that. My wife knows that.

When people need love and understanding and support the most is when they deserve it the least.

Cleveland fans are awesome.

I look at where I’m at today and realize that most of my success is owed to the mentors that was in my life.

A family looks for ways to support and inspire one another.

I certainly know that I would not be able to survive if it were not for the fact that I am being upheld by the prayers of so many people.

Ridicule is the tribute paid to the genius by the mediocrities.

I would just say there is one misperception of our veterans, and that is they are somehow damaged goods. I don’t buy it.

To help a friend in need is easy, but to give him your time is not always opportune.

I try to live what I teach. A lot of things come against us in life, but we should try to find something to be grateful for, and see each day as a gift.

I heard that when Christina Aguilera went back to her prom, people, like, booed her. I can’t imagine going through that. If you know that’s going to happen, why put yourself in that situation? I’d rather play for 20,000 screaming people, you know?

Pity may represent little more than the impersonal concern which prompts the mailing of a check, but true sympathy is the personal concern which demands the giving of one’s soul.

There are three kinds of intelligence: one kind understands things for itself, the other appreciates what others can understand, the third understands neither for itself nor through others. This first kind is excellent, the second good, and the third kind useless.

We’re a blip in the existence of the universe, and we’re constantly trying to pull each other down. Not doing things to help each other.

Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into.

I think everybody deserves an equal amount of appreciation whether how old they are, but I mean, I’m cool with the praise. I’m good.

It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.

It’s nice, I think, when people use your music for things you didn’t think of.

Never take anything for granted.

I’m healthy as can be – not an ache or a pain. A lot of my prayer is thanking the Lord that I am healthy. I pray for long life and good health.

Delhi means everything to me. This city has given me everything, and I love it.

Next to God we are nothing. To God we are Everything.

He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.

I do value the respect I get from my contemporaries, but to have Oasis cover my song, to have Puff Daddy cover a song, to have Goldie come along to my gigs – that’s where my ego is at. To have my fellow musicians like what I do, that’s very cool.

Look folks, we know who built this country and we know who is going to rebuild it. It’s you. Instead of vilifying you, we should be thanking you. We owe you.

Every day is a gift from God. There’s no guarantee of tomorrow, so that tells me to see the good in this day to make the most of it.

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

Whether we’re happy with our circumstances or not, giving God praise is so important.