“Nothing makes one feel so strong as a call for help.”

“Joy descends gently upon us like the evening dew, and does not patter down like a hailstorm.”

“Plant thy foot firmly in the prints which His foot has made before thee.”

“Books are challenging and inspirational to me.”

“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.”

“In a gentle way, you can shake the world.”

“Hope is a waking dream.”

“Whoever is happy will make others happy too.”

“The meaning I picked, the one that changed my life: Overcome fear, behold wonder.”

“If it were not for hopes, the heart would break.”

“I believe there's an inner power that makes winners or losers. And the winners are the ones who really listen to the truth of their hearts.”

“Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.”

“Had I not come out with an inspirational CD, you perhaps would have never known that I feel like I feel, that all songs, all the music I've ever done is a gift from God.”

“You never know when some small thing will lead to a big idea. Travel is very inspirational - but it's in the ordinary that I find my themes of love and work and family.”

“Roosevelt's declaration that Americans had 'nothing to fear but fear itself' was a glorious piece of inspirational rhetoric and just as gloriously wrong.”

“I think if there's something one needs to change with oneself, it doesn't have to happen in the New Year. You can do that any time you please - not that it's not a good inspirational tactic for the people that it works for.”

“I love a lot of the New York bands, but Patti Smith stands out. I just read 'Just Kids' and it's an inspirational, well-written account of an emerging New York artist in the late seventies.”

“We can change our lives. We can do, have, and be exactly what we wish.”

“Think with your whole body.”

“I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life - and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.”

“Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.”