Acceptance doesn't mean resignation; it means understanding that something is what it is and that there's got to be a way through it.

What an unilateral life, when from the material of a renunciation, we must fashion something we love.

My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, and in inverse proportion to my expectations.

Life is the power that's greater than I can ever comprehend. The way life runs through everything, even the tiniest elements of nature - that makes me humble.

Our understanding is that we are going to the boat to accept Mobutu's resignation, nothing less, nothing more. Wednesday will determine whether we make a soft landing in Kinshasa or a tough military entry.

Discipline is just doing the same thing the right way whether anyone's watching or not.