"Twenty years ago, I wrote a book called 'It Takes a Village.' And a lot of people looked at the title and asked, 'What the heck do you mean by that?' This is what I mean. None of us can raise a family, build a business, heal a community or lift a country totally alone."

"Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit but the highest form of intelligence."

"I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him."

"Only the absolutely determined people succeed."

"I may not always be offered work, but I'll always have my family."

"To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow."