Throughout my life, the message and teachings of Christ have been my guide and in them I find hope. It is my heartfelt prayer that you will continue to be sustained by your faith in times of trial and encouraged by hope in times of despair.
They say it’s the white man I should fear, but it’s my own kind doing all the killing here.
Courage is knowing it might hurt, and doing it anyway.
Stupidity is the same.
And that’s why life is hard.
Some people tap their feet, some people snap their fingers, and some people sway back and forth. I just sorta do ‘em all together, I guess.
Those who have never made a mistake have never tried anything new.
We may hold different points of view but it is in times of stress and difficulty that we most need to remember that we have much more in common than there is dividing us.
The women’s struggle today is an individual struggle (…) You can’t demand equal pay if you also want to have a long maternity leave, stay at home when they are sick and be there primarily for the children.
Man, I was tame compared to what they do now. Are you kidding? I didn’t do anything but just jiggle.
With great powers comes great responsibilities.
If we think that the way we live is good enough, then we’re completely wrong. You have to be able to doubt so that you can see that it can be done differently.
You may have had fun at the time teasing, but in fact it wasn’t much fun to be teased. But I thank you, somewhere, for having done it, because it made me take up something that I love to this day – and that no one, then or now, can take me away from.
Satire is meant to ridicule power. If you are laughing at people who are hurting, it’s not satire, it’s bullying.
Nogle gange ønsker folk ikke at høre sandheden, fordi de ikke vil have deres illusioner ødelagt.
The more you grow, the more you realize that nothing is more important than sleep.
That’s one of the worst things about getting old. That people allow themselves to die before you.
I’ve never given myself a lot of credit because of my relationship with Ike. I was just happy when I started to like myself – when I got divorced and took control of my life.
When life seems hard, the courageous do not lie down and accept defeat; instead, they are all the more determined to struggle for a better future.
The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
If the penalty for a crime is a fine, then that law only exists for the lower class.
Never listen to girls on how to get girls. If you’re trying to catch fish you don’t ask another fish. You ask the Fisherman.
Don’t prepare the path for the child, prepare the child for the path.
When it’s hurting you that’s when you can make a difference.
The most memorable moments in life are the ones you never planned.
Bad publicity is better than no publicity at all
My legacy is that I stayed the course… from start to finish because I believed in something inside of me.