"Truth is often the favorite tool of those who deceive."

"There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love."

"While it is important for people to see your promise you must also remember that hope is the keeper of both happiness and disappointment, the father of both progress and failure."

"American society will never completely understand the true meaning of equality."

"The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it."

"Reclaiming the word 'fat' was the most empowering step in my progress. I stopped using it for insult or degradation and instead replaced it with truth, because the truth is that I am fat, and that's ok. So now when someone calls me fat, I agree, whereas before I would get embarrassed and emotional."

"It is a unyielding truth that life is an unwritten ledger; each passing sunrise offers a clean and waiting page."

"It is a humble truth that every second given to regret is a precious second stolen from creation — an essential principle for the reflective life."