Be courteous to all, but intimate with few.

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.

Some things must be done however much we wish to avoid them.

A man shrinks or expands into the degree and nature of his ambition. Ambition needs to be cultivated and refined, and yet has no teachers.

No philosophy, my son; it is of no use to an emperor.

The little girl skipped by under the wrinkled oak leaves and held fast to a replica of herself.

Cubans are frantic when it comes to appreciating music.

There are no accidents so unlucky but the prudent may draw some advantage from them.

Most men have more courage than even they themselves think they have.

Oh, I've become immune to the Booker. I think we need something a little more like the Pulitzer prize, where there isn't this great race.

He gave her his heart. She took it and placed it quietly in the pocket of her gown. No one observed what she did.

Odor of blood when Christ was slain Made all Platonic tolerance vain And vain all Doric discipline.