Do you know, it's funny, but I never thought of being blind as a disadvantage, and I never thought of being black as a disadvantage.

Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.

Music is a world within itself, with a language we all understand.

Just because a man lacks the use of his eyes doesn't mean he lacks vision.

We all have hearts.... If you have a heart, love somebody. If you have enough heart, love everybody.

Music, at its essence, is what gives us memories. And the longer a song has existed in our lives, the more memories we have of it.

It feels better to love than to hate.

There may be a brighter star. But through my eyes the light of you is all I see.

You can't base your life on other people's expectations.

What I'm not confused about is the world needing much more love, no hate, no prejudice, no bigotry and more unity, peace and understanding. Period.

I am what I am. I love me! And I don't mean that egotistically - I love that God has allowed me to take whatever it was that I had and to make something out of it.

Religion must remain an outlet for people who say to themselves, 'I am not the kind of person I want to be.' It must never sink into an assemblage of the self-satisfied.

Think of these books as doors. Open them and let their ideas stir your mind. Study them and they become weapons.

At the age of 46, forgetfulness & confusion had become a daily aspect of life.

We swear by the Quran and Sunnah, and we will not compromise with any infidel... Islam is the truth and all else is falsehood.

My team good, we don’t really need a mascot.

Wisdom cannot be directly transmitted, and does not readily accumulate through the ages.

Does Pete (Rose) hustle? Before the All-Star game he came into the clubhouse and took off his shoes and they ran another mile without him.

You want to go play with your new friends back there? The really pale ones with the taste for plasma? --Shane

We need to take a whole UK perspective on this [Brexit]. The Mayor of London has got a role in those kinds of discussions.

And sometimes people don't realize that 90 percent of the persistent poverty counties are located in rural America.