The difference between humans and other mammals is that we know how to accessorize.

Most of the time I spend when I get up in the morning is trying to figure out what is going to happen.

As a leader, you have to have the ability to assimilate new information and understand that there might be a different view.

If you look at my life, generally, I've been put in situations which were difficult and which I conquered.

I love being a woman and I was not one of these women who rose through professional life by wearing men's clothes or looking masculine. I loved wearing bright colors and being who I am.

We must open the doors of opportunity. But we must also equip our people to walk through those doors.

The noblest search is the search for excellence.

Doing what's right isn't the problem. It is knowing what's right.

I'd rather give my life than be afraid to give it.

You know, doing what is right is easy. The problem is knowing what is right.

The noblest search is the search for excellence

Education is not a problem. Education is an opportunity.

Guns and bombs, rockets and warships, are all symbols of human failure.

We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it.

Books and ideas are the most effective weapons against intolerance and ignorance.

You know, if Kelly Clarkson wants to do country albums because that's what inspires her, then let her do it. Look at Kanye West or Ludacris... they aren't rappin' and cussin' like they were on their first few albums, so what does that make them? It's all in the eye of the beholder and the listener. We all use our outlet to grow ourself.

I'm a really, really optimistic and really, really positive person. My main thing is, 'Enjoy life. Celebrate life.'

As far as heroes thorough the years, I'd say definitely Alabama and Randy Owen, Conway Twitty was a big influence of mine, George Strait, Lionel Richie.

The more things you do, the more you can do.

I would rather regret the things I have done than the things I have not

The way to stay young is to live honestly, eat slowly and lie about your age.

One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn't pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore you faith in yourself.

Responsibility is the ability to respond.

One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn't pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimisim a way of life can restore your faith in yourself.