Where I am today... I still have my ups and downs, but I take it one day at a time and I just hope that I can be the best that I can possibly be, not only for myself, but also young people that are out there today that need someone to look up to.

The presence of hundreds of books had finally convinced Hermione that what they were doing was right.

J.K. Rowling

No one can really honestly be the very best, no one.

John Wooden

That always seemed to be the most critical test that a child was confronted with - loss of parents, loss of direction, loss of love. Can you live without a mother and a father?

Maurice Sendak

I have enough music coming out of my kids' bedrooms when I'm at home.

Rod Stewart

The kids out there want something they can relate to, something that's real most of that whiny stuff isn't real. The cheesy pop songs just bore me to death.

Jonathan Davis

And, you know, being able to wear the stars and stripes, when you step up on one of the blocks or, you know, when you step off of an airplane or when you hear the national anthem play, you know, it's one of the greatest feelings in the world because you know that there are people at home who are supporting you and watching you.

Michael Phelps

Mathematics expresses values that reflect the cosmos, including orderliness, balance, harmony, logic, and abstract beauty.

Deepak Chopra

All the cunning of the devil is exercised in trying to tear us away from the word.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Failure too is a form of death.

Graham Greene

Money is something you got to make in case you don't die.

Max Asnas

Either I will find a way, or I will make one.

Sir Philip Sidney

We failed, but in the good providence of God apparent failure often proves a blessing.

Robert E. Lee