If adolescent pregnancy prevention is to become a priority, then our strategy, as advocates, must contain two key elements: civic engagement and education.

Children born to teens have less supportive and stimulating environments, poorer health, lower cognitive development, and worse educational outcomes. Children of teen mothers are at increased risk of being in foster care and becoming teen parents themselves, thereby repeating the cycle.

One part of wisdom is knowing what you don't need anymore and letting it go.

I'm now the elder in the position of doling out wisdom and trying to mend fences.

A mother who is obsessing about being thin and dieting and exercising is not going to be a very good mother.

I am blessed beyond reason with women friends.

I never was a hippie! I went to India because so many friends like Mia Farrow and the Beatles were going there to discover truth. And so I went and trekked through India by myself, but instead of discovering truth, I wanted to join the Peace Corps.

If we as a nation are to break the cycle of poverty, crime and the growing underclass of young people ill equipped to be productive citizens, we need to not only implement effective programs to prevent teen pregnancy, but we must also help those who have already given birth so that they become effective, nurturing, bonding parents.

You don't learn from successes; you don't learn from awards; you don't learn from celebrity; you only learn from wounds and scars and mistakes and failures. And that's the truth.

I remember saying goodbye to my father the night he left to join the Navy. He didn't have to. He was older than other servicemen and had a family to support but he wanted to be a part of the fight against fascism, not just make movies about it. I admired this about him.

My childhood was influenced by the roles my father played in his movies. Whether Abraham Lincoln or Tom Joad in the 'Grapes of Wrath,' his characters communicated certain values which I try to carry with me to this day.

I took every chance I could to meet with U.S. soldiers. I talked with them and read the books they gave me about the war. I decided I needed to return to my country and join with them - active duty soldiers and Vietnam Veterans in particular - to try and end the war.

The one thing that I know is that you win with good people.

Success is not forever and failure isn't fatal.

And this year is going to be the 25th anniversary of the 17-0 team, the only undefeated season.

I don't know any other way to lead but by example.

You know it's only 50 miles from Grand River to Canton, but it took me 67 years to travel that distance.

The superior man blames himself. The inferior man blames others.

One thing I never want to be accused of is not working.

Having haters is just a part of the business, and the more haters you have, the more people like you - that's how I view it, because I try to see the positive in things.

I'm actually pretty good with computers. I use computers when I'm working on making and producing music, so I do know a thing or two!

It sounds funny, but my biggest fear is that I'm not perfect. I'm a perfectionist, and I get upset when things go wrong or when I don't do well.

I think that dating other musicians can be complicated at times. Especially when they think highly of themselves.

I have a lot of memos in my phone of songs; I've had dreams about a melody. It's always melody first as far as when stuff like that happens - I find that my melodic sense is my strongest asset as a songwriter.

I've gone to normal clubs, straight clubs, and I've gone to gay clubs to party with my friends and fans. There's no difference. I have nothing to prove. I'm very comfortable in my own skin, and I'm thankful to have as many close gay friends as I have, people who have been so supportive in my life and have always been there for me.

My thoughts on gay marriage are that everyone has the right to love and be loved, and that's the position I take.

The world of music is changing so dramatically every day, the way people hear music. It's different. It's a new day and requires new thinking.

I made a resolution in 2010 to stop drinking Diet Coke, and I haven't had Diet Coke since then. I think it was the best life change I've ever made, because I drank quite a lot of it.

Success is often the result of taking a misstep in the right direction.

A fool and his money get a lot of publicity.

Don't let people disrespect you. My mom says don't open the door to the devil. Surround yourself with positive people.

My wife and I have been together since 1986. I graduated in '86 and she graduated in '88. We began dating when she was 17. Actually she turned 18 when we started kissing and stuff.

To be prepared is half the victory.

In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.

It is one thing to praise discipline, and another to submit to it.

To withdraw is not to run away, and to stay is no wise action, when there's more reason to fear than to hope.

Fear has many eyes and can see things underground.

A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.

Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.

The eyes those silent tongues of love.

Well, there's a remedy for all things but death, which will be sure to lay us flat one time or other.

The knowledge of yourself will preserve you from vanity.

A closed mouth catches no flies.

That's the nature of women, not to love when we love them, and to love when we love them not.

Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.

Truth will rise above falsehood as oil above water.

For a man to attain to an eminent degree in learning costs him time, watching, hunger, nakedness, dizziness in the head, weakness in the stomach, and other inconveniences.

He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.

One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars; and the world will be better for this.

Valor lies just halfway between rashness and cowardice.