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.

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.

When we are well, we all have good advice for those who are ill.

Your teammates give you the confidence. They give me the confidence all year, all postseason.

Those who don’t know how to weep with their whole heart, don’t know how to laugh either.

If someone is gay and he searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge? We shouldn’t marginalise people for this. They must be integrated into society.

Never deprive someone of hope; it might be all they have.

I became a people-watcher when I lost all my friends when I was 12.

What really raises one’s indignation against suffering is not suffering intrinsically, but the senselessness of suffering.

It’s amazing if you just listen to people. They tell you all the time things that you can do for them, without even realizing what they’re doing. I’ve learned to take notice of those things and if it’s something that I feel God wants me to do, then I try to do that to add joy to their life.

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.

Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

For a tear is quickly dried, especially when shed for the misfortunes of others.

I don’t take pictures when I’m with my kids, for the sake of my kids. It’s important when you’re as busy as I am that you give your kids your time when you’re with them, and nothing compromises that. I’ve been lucky enough to have fans that understand that.

If you ever need anything please don’t hesitate to ask someone else first.

The ideal death, I think, is what was the ideal Victorian death, you know, with your grandchildren around you, a bit of sobbing. And you say goodbye to your loved ones, making certain that one of them has been left behind to look after the shop.

Understanding is a two-way street.

I’m grateful for the opportunities God gave me to minister to people in high places; people in power have spiritual and personal needs like everyone else, and often they have no one to talk to.

So while an incredible amount of progress has been made, on this fifth anniversary, I wanted to come here and tell the people of this city directly: My administration is going to stand with you – and fight alongside you – until the job is done. Until New Orleans is all the way back, all the way.

It is the advertiser who provides the paper for the subscriber. It is not to be disputed, that the publisher of a newspaper in this country, without a very exhaustive advertising support, would receive less reward for his labor than the humblest mechanic.

For me, already being part of a single parent household and knowing it was just me and my mom, you’d would wake up times and hope that the next day you’d be able to be alongside your mother because she was out trying to make sure that I was taken care of. But all I cared about was her being home.

As a former resident with strong personal and ministry ties to the North Star State, I pray that the good people of Minnesota will show their support for God’s definition of marriage, between a man and a woman.

One of the most pervasive political visions of our time is the vision of liberals as compassionate and conservatives as less caring.

Tonight – to you, the great silent majority of my fellow Americans – I ask for your support.

Kindnesses are easily forgotten; but injuries! what worthy man does not keep those in mind?

Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace.

It’s hard to practice compassion when we’re struggling with our authenticity or when our own worthiness is off-balance.

I’ll think I have a few wonderful friends and all of a sudden, ooh, here it comes. They do a lot of things. They talk about you to the press, to their friends, tell stories, and you know, it’s disappointing.

Love means to love that which is unlovable; or it is no virtue at all.

All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives.

Friends accept you the way you are.

Jesus never mistreated anyone just because they mistreated Him. He confronted them in a spirit of gentleness and then continued to love them.

The Hindus are some of the nicest people you’ll ever meet.

See things from the boy’s point of view.

Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.

A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act.

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.

The outpouring of support from millions of people in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti has been impressive.

A saint is tolerant and is attentive to the pleadings of other human beings, not only to spoken messages but to unspoken messages as well.

The Revolution did not assume a socialist nature because of support from the U.S.S.R.; it was the other way around: support from the U.S.S.R. was produced by the socialist nature of the Cuban Revolution. To such a degree, that when the U.S.S.R. disappears, Cuba keeps on being socialist.

The greatest destroyer of peace is abortion because if a mother can kill her own child, what is left for me to kill you and you to kill me? There is nothing between.

When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.

Everyone has the potential to become an encourager. You don’t have to be rich. You don’t have to be a genius. You don’t have to have it all together. All you have to do is care about people and initiate.

It is more agreeable to have the power to give than to receive.

Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.

Most of the time, I’m not even working; I’m just helping people, because I feel that I am too lucky.

What starts the process, really, are laughs and slights and snubs when you are a kid. If your anger is deep enough and strong enough, you learn that you can change those attitudes by excellence, personal gut performance.

I remember when I was in high school I didn’t have a new dress for each special occasion. The girls would bring the fact to my attention, not always too delicately. The boys, however, never bothered with the subject. They were my friends, not because of the size of my wardrobe but because they liked me.

A youth, when at home, should be filial and, abroad, respectful to his elders. He should be earnest and truthful. He should overflow in love to all and cultivate the friendship of the good. When he has time and opportunity, after the performance of these things, he should employ them in polite studies.

Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.

Any of us can be happy and have a good attitude when everything is going our way. But I believe it’s the real test of your character and of your faith to say, ‚Things are not going our way, but I’m still being good to people; I’m still attending church; I still have a good attitude.‘

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.

It is not so much our friends‘ help that helps us, as the confidence of their help.

As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.

Above all, this country is our own. Nobody has to get up in the morning and worry what his neighbors think of him. Being a Jew is no problem here.

I feel real good because it’s about representing the young world and how to uplift each other and how to push us to be greater and make sure we don’t fall or get trapped or get in trouble, you know what I mean. Stay focused, you know what I mean.

If I write badly about blacks, homosexuals and women, it is because of these who I met were that. There are many ‚bads‘ – bad dogs, bad censorship; there are even ‚bad‘ white males. Only, when you write about ‚bad‘ white males, they don’t complain about it. And need I say that there are ‚good‘ blacks, ‚good‘ homosexuals and ‚good‘ women?

‚Suffering should not make us bitter people,‘ my mother once said, ‚it should make us better comforters.‘ Young people need to hear this from those who have walked before them, because someday they’ll be walking those same steps, but there may not be anyone following behind.

I don’t keep people around me that aren’t family. You don’t get to stay. Unless you’re eating at the table with us, you’re not part. We eat together, we cry together, we live together, we die together. Everything that we do is for each other, and we care for another.