“Almost every college playwright or sketch or improv comedian was sort of aware of Christopher Durang - even kids in high school. His short plays were so accessible to younger people and I think that was inspirational to me.”

“Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.”

“Everyone here has the sense that right now is one of those moments when we are influencing the future.”

“Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel.”

“Keep all special thoughts and memories for lifetimes to come. Share these keepsakes with others to inspire hope and build from the past, which can bridge to the future.”

“I have looked into your eyes with my eyes. I have put my heart near your heart.”

“Try to be like the turtle - at ease in your own shell.”

“As knowledge increases, wonder deepens.”

“Faith is love taking the form of aspiration.”

“Deacon Jones has been the most inspirational person in my football career.”

“What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail?”

“I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.”

“Ideas shape the course of history.”

“The best form of flattery is to be admired, imitated or respected. I've always felt proud our fans look up to us or feel we are inspirational.”

“For a gallant spirit there can never be defeat.”

“Men must live and create. Live to the point of tears.”

“You don't look out there for God, something in the sky, you look in you.”

“The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a bit of knowledge and it becomes another's, smile at someone and receive a smile in return, are to me continual spiritual exercises.”

“Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind.”

“Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.”

“I grew up in a bookless house - my parents didn't read poetry, so if I hadn't had the chance to experience it at school I'd never have experienced it. But I loved English, and I was very lucky in that I had inspirational English teachers, Miss Scriven and Mr. Walker, and they liked us to learn poems by heart, which I found I loved doing.”