“If you're taking care of your family and society and are comfortable you can start to think about helping those most in need globally. That's how we became engaged in those things.”
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“India just went 3 years with no cases [of polio]. Pakistan is our toughest location right now because some parts of the Taliban have not allowed vaccinators to come in and have even attacked vaccinators. We are hopeful this will get resolved since no one wants their kid to be paralyzed. I spend a lot of time making sure the polio campaign is doing the best it can. We have great computer models that help guide our activities.”
“We believe unbelievable progress can be made, in both inventing new vaccines and making sure they get out to all the children who need them.”
“Faith is the avenue to salvation. Not intellectual understanding. Not money. Not your works. Just simple faith. How much faith? The faith of a mustard seed, so small you can hardly see it. But if you will put that little faith in the person of Jesus, your life will be changed. He will come with supernatural power into your heart. It can happen to you.”
“By faith I accepted Him for what He claimed to be, the Son of the Living God. That simple decision changed my life, and I have seen it change the lives of countless others across the world.”
“Old age may have its limitations and challenges, but in spite of them, our latter years can be some of the most rewarding and fulfilling of our lives.”
“I believe in you, even though I be outnumbered.”
“Every man should have the right to choose their destiny.”
“Ethiopia didn't just blow my mind; it opened my mind. Anyway, on our last day at this orphanage a man handed me his baby and said, 'Would you take my son with you?' He knew, in Ireland, that his son would live, and that in Ethiopia, his son would die.”
“Positive emotional energy is the key to health, happiness and wellbeing. The more positive you are, the better your life will be in every area.”
“Joy, collected over time, fuels resilience - ensuring we'll have reservoirs of emotional strength when hard things do happen.”
“It's better to bet on this life than on the next.”
“We have to do the best we are capable of. This is our sacred human responsibility.”
“No ray of sunlight is ever lost, but the green which it awakes into existence needs time to sprout, and it is not always granted to the sower to see the harvest. All work that is worth anything is done in faith.”
“We are always in a hurry to be happy...; for when we have suffered a long time, we have great difficulty in believing in good fortune.”
“We have been given the privilege and responsibility of living on Earth to see it isn't ruined.”
“The earth is heavy and opaque without dreams.”
“All is well since all grows better”
“I wanted to tell a dream-come-true story about going from a closeted gay kid who loved pop culture to an out adult man making pop culture. I went from being told when I was 21 that I should never go on TV because of my crossed eyes to winding up being a 'Housewives' whisperer and talk-show host.”
“I think of [street food] as the antidote to fast food; it's the clear alternative to the king, the clown and the colonel.”