Be courteous to all but intimate with few and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.

Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.

Start where you are, with what you have. Make something of it and never be satisfied.

When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.

Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.

Most people search high and wide for the key to success. If they only knew, the key to their dreams lies within.

I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in.

No individual has any right to come into the world and go out of it without leaving behind him distinct and legitimate reasons for having passed through it.

Do not let anyone claim tribute of American patriotism if they even attempt to remove religion from politics.

Where there is no vision, there is no hope.

The future of this nation depends on the Christian training of our youth.

Great journey, great joy.

if somebody doesn't have any talent, get off the stage! you're wasting my time.

What's great about good writing is that it feels like life, so it's not hard to relate to her circumstances.

Empathic, emotionally intelligent work environments have a good track record of increasing creativity, improving problem solving and raising productivity.

We're straying from the path of salvation because we remember that we once belonged to the world and were content in that belonging.

You can't make people who you want them to be. That was a hard lesson for me.

Jerkery knows no financial pedigree.

I suppose everyone tells little white lies. Quite often they're necessary to make someone feel better or prevent feelings from being hurt. Whoppers? No, that's dangerous and they'll boomerang.

I do think there are always ways to create what seem like insurmountable powers, but then suddenly you find their limitations and that's the nature of comic book storytelling - always has been.

It is not from the tall crowded workhouse of prosperity that men first or clearest see the eternal stars of heaven.