An owl is traditionally a symbol of wisdom, so we are neither doves nor hawks but owls, and we are vigilant when others are resting.

I learned that when life pulls you under, you can kick against the bottom, break the surface, and breathe again.

Experience has taught me that honesty is not the mark of any particular class nor is it related to education or wealth. It cannot be taught at any university. In most people, it springs naturally from the heart.

Throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find the happiness that you had thought could never be yours.

A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable and always unacceptable.

We can each define ambition and progress for ourselves. The goal is to work toward a world where expectations are not set by the stereotypes that hold us back, but by our personal passion, talents and interests.

When you're green, your growing. When you're ripe, you rot.

Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add 'within the limits of the law' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual.

People are distressed by their inability to do it. The problem, however, is simply that they don't do it.

God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say 'thank you?'