Don't let failure get you down. Babe Ruth struck out over 1,300 times.
No fight is hopeless till it has been fought.
When you tear out a man's tongue, you are not proving him a liar, you're only telling the world that you fear what he might say.
Was there ever a war where only one side bled?
The greatest fools are ofttimes more clever than the men who laugh at them.
The true horrors of human history derive not from orcs and Dark Lords, but from ourselves.
She had put despair and fear aside, as if they were garments she did not choose to wear.
I realized that many men are happy to play a supporting role to another man, but they are much less happy to play a supporting role to a woman. People are saying we need more females in our industry and we need more female-driven stories, but that takes the men of bankable star quality to come forward and play supporting roles in those films, because ultimately that's what the women have always done. We've always lent our name value to male-centric stories, and now we're going to have to ask the men to swallow their pride, because it seems that it's about pride.
As Elders we have great respect for all religions and traditions as important forces that bind people together. Faith and tradition provide much of the foundation of our laws and social codes. But where religion and tradition are used to justify discrimination and especially when they are used to justify cruel and harmful practices such as female genital mutilation, infanticide and child marriage, then we believe that is unacceptable.
I wanted my children to have the best combination: American circumstances and Chinese character. How could I know these things do not mix?
Recite your Rosary with faith, with humility, with confidence, and with perseverance.