I think sometimes the critics want me to beat people down, and that’s not in me. I want to lift people up.

With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

Back when I was in school, few people understood dyslexia and what to do for it. My teachers thought I was lazy and not very clever, and I got bored easily… thinking of all the things I could do once I left school. I couldn’t always follow what was going on.

A day without laughter is a day wasted.

Joy is the serious business of Heaven.

The difficulties you meet will resolve themselves as you advance. Proceed, and light will dawn, and shine with increasing clearness on your path.

You are 27 or 28 right? It is very tough to live at that age. When nothing is sure. I have sympathy with you.

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

Fortunately, we have help from the media. I have to say this: I’m very grateful for the support and kindness that we’ve gotten. People have respected their privacy and in that way, I think, you know, no matter what people may feel about my husband’s policies or what have you, they care about children and that’s been good to see.

You have to accept whatever comes and the only important thing is that you meet it with courage and with the best that you have to give.

He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.

We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out.

A true friend encourages us, comforts us, supports us like a big easy chair, offering us a safe refuge from the world.

Well, I wouldn’t say that I was in the great class, but I had a great time while I was trying to be great.

I just genuinely feel that that’s what you do when you’re an artist: You stick up for the people around you.

A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.

Nature study will show you how full of beautiful and wonderful things God has made the world for you to enjoy. Be contented with what you have got and make the best of it. Look on the bright side of things instead of the gloomy one.

These are not dark days: these are great days – the greatest days our country has ever lived.

People always tell you, ‚Be humble. Be humble.‘ When was the last time someone told you to be amazing? Be great! Be great! Be awesome! Be awesome!

The love of heaven makes one heavenly.

Every day that is born into the world comes like a burst of music and rings the whole day through, and you make of it a dance, a dirge, or a life march, as you will.

He has achieved success who has worked well, laughed often, and loved much.

I’ve married somebody who I knew for 14 years. So, I’m just living with a friend. All through my ups and downs in football, from winning the I-League to losing the ISL final, she has been a source of great support.

If people wonder, yes, Hillary Clinton is my friend. She has been a friend to me and Barack and Malia and Sasha, and Bill and Chelsea have been embracing and supportive from the very day my husband took the oath of office.

One of the most important decisions you’ll ever make is choosing the kind of universe you exist in: is it helpful and supportive or hostile and unsupportive? Your answer to this question will make all the difference in terms of how you live your life and what kind of Divine assistance you attract.

I was very worried about my mother, growing up – a lot. I do not want my children to be worried about me.

Faith is the complete reliance on the power and goodness of Spirit and the firm belief that you are always connected to this goodness. Always affirm your faith and not your doubt.

My parents are my backbone. Still are. They’re the only group that will support you if you score zero or you score 40.

I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him.

I’m convinced of this: Good done anywhere is good done everywhere. For a change, start by speaking to people rather than walking by them like they’re stones that don’t matter. As long as you’re breathing, it’s never too late to do some good.

Nobody can ever say that being negative ever helped them at all – not in any way.

My mom and I have always been there for each other. We had some tough times, but she was always there for me.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

Every wall is a door.

This world of ours… must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and be, instead, a proud confederation of mutual trust and respect.

No matter what has happened to you in the past or what is going on in your life right now, it has no power to keep you from having an amazingly good future if you will walk by faith in God. God loves you! He wants you to live with victory over sin so you can possess His promises for your life today!

All my adult life people have been helping me.

Hope is a waking dream.

I like the fact that Melbourne always seems to support their chefs and promote them in ways I find really admirable.

There is no harm in repeating a good thing.

Every breath we take, every step we make, can be filled with peace, joy and serenity.

I am grateful to be a woman. I must have done something great in another life.

It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come.

The talent for being happy is appreciating and liking what you have, instead of what you don’t have.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

For the general public or psychos on Facebook, for everyone who’s made one negative comment about me, I’ve probably gotten 250-300 positive comments.

A deep sense of love and belonging is an irreducible need of all people. We are biologically, cognitively, physically, and spiritually wired to love, to be loved, and to belong. When those needs are not met, we don’t function as we were meant to. We break. We fall apart. We numb. We ache. We hurt others. We get sick.

Keep your nose out the sky, keep your heart to god, and keep your face to the raising sun.

I feel like my message is to let people know that God is a good God, that He’s on their side, and no matter what happens, He has a great plan for them.

Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful.

You make yourself broad. You make yourself appealing. ‚Hey, y’all, I’m cool with everybody.‘ That’s my message.

God wants you to be a winner, not a whiner.

I’m like a recovering perfectionist. For me it’s one day at a time.

I go to assume a task more difficult than that which devolved upon Washington. Unless the great God, who assisted him, shall be with me and aid me, I must fail; but if the same omniscient mind and almighty arm that directed and protected him shall guide and support me, I shall not fail – I shall succeed.

It is written on the arched sky; it looks out from every star. It is the poetry of Nature; it is that which uplifts the spirit within us.

Sometimes it is better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness.

Confidence is always a good thing to have going into the weekend. Especially where it’s quite difficult to put the lap together.

God is, even though the whole world deny him. Truth stands, even if there be no public support. It is self-sustained.

Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world.

When you have nobody you can make a cup of tea for, when nobody needs you, that’s when I think life is over.

My dear sisters, whatever your calling, whatever your circumstances, we need your impressions, your insights, and your inspiration. We need you to speak up and speak out in ward and stake councils.