Any man's life will be filled with constant and unexpected encouragement if he makes up his mind to do his level best each day.

I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.

There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.

Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.

Success waits patiently for anyone who has the determination and strength to seize it.

I would permit no man, no matter what his colour might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.

If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.

The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least.

Success is not measured by where you are in life, but the obstacles you've over come

Political activity alone cannot make a man free. Back of the ballot, he must have property, industry, skill, economy, intelligence, and character.

We all should rise, above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness, and selfishness.

There is only One Human race

Nothing makes us love something more than the loss of it.

You can always tell who a writer subconsciously/consciously dislikes/hates/discriminates against in real life based on who they don't write about more than who they do.

Praying without gratitude, first, is more like complaining.

If somebody would come and they're not playing music, they would encounter certain people on another level.

Genius is the ability to act rightly without precedent - the power to do the right thing the first time.

I can't do the whole run but I am able to start the race and I will be there at the end when winners cross the line.

Where character forbids self-indulgence, transcendence still hovers around.

Bands-- enough with the crayon face-paint-- you're better than that.

Somehow I can't believe that there are any heights that can't be scaled by a man who knows the secrets of making dreams come true.