"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."

"Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!"

"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."

"Day play, we play all day. Night fight, we fight all night."