Drummed into me, above all, by my dad, by the whole family, was that without your good name, you would be nothing.

The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.

One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.

True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.

I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my best to keep my boat steady and my sails full.

Start where you are, use what you have.

You've got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.

From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.

Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.

Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.

I strongly believe the black culture spends too much time, energy and effort raising, praising, and teasing our black children about the dubious glories of professional sports.

One day I wish to die, but today, I wish to live.

He's always been known to be entrepenurious.

Spiritual life is not dry, it is also exceuted happily, 'susukham'. The result of that is not just happiness, but bliss, spiritual joy.

People only speak to get something.

Behind real freedom, there lies discipline.

If you really want to love Jesus, first learn to suffer, because suffering teaches you to love.

Benevolent desires, after passing a certain point, can not undertake their own fulfillment without incurring the risk of evils beyond those sought to be remedied.

Topography is one of my chief themes in my poetry, about the country, the suburbs and the seaside. Then there comes love... and increasingly; the fear of death.

A man who love only himself and his pleasures is vain, presumptuous, and wicked even from principle.

Optimism is a psychological disorder exhibited by those out of touch with reality