If you cannot mould yourself entirely as you would wish, how can you expect other people to be entirely to your liking?

I guess we'd be living in a boring, perfect world if everybody wished everybody else well.

We, the People, recognize that we have responsibilities as well as rights; that our destinies are bound together; that a freedom which only asks what's in it for me, a freedom without a commitment to others, a freedom without love or charity or duty or patriotism, is unworthy of our founding ideals, and those who died in their defense.

You can't hold a man down without staying down with him.

God puts people in our lives on purpose so we can help them succeed and help them become all He created them to be. Most people will not reach their full potential without somebody else believing in them.

One man cannot hold another man down in the ditch without remaining down in the ditch with him.

It is the chief joy of all holy beings to witness the joy and happiness of those around them.

Whether it is a tsunami, or whether it is a hurricane, whether it's an earthquake - when we see these great fatal and natural acts, men and women of every ethnic persuasion come together and they just want to help.

I'm starting to realise that there are certain themes that I return to, those being that there is no such thing as normal, and people finding their voice and living authentically. And also that you can be influenced and helped through an extended family.

We have an obligation to help people that cannot help themselves. The mentally retarded, the physically retarded, et cetera.

Are you a politician asking what your country can do for you or a zealous one asking what you can do for your country? If you are the first, then you are a parasite; if the second, then you are an oasis in the desert.

If you're going out for a meal with friends, and they say they can't afford to go to such and such a place, you can't force them to afford it.