Every man and woman is born into the world to do something unique and something distinctive and if he or she does not do it, it will never be done.

It is not your environment, it is you- the quality of your mind, the integrity of your soul and the determination of your will that will decide your future and shape your life.

Whatever you do,strive to do it so well that no man living and no man dead and no man yet to be born could do it any better.

It isn't more light we need, it isn't more truth, and it isn't more scientific data. It is more Christ, more courage, more spiritual insight to act on the light we have.

Whatever you do, do it so well that people looking on will feel that the task was reserved especially for you by God Himself.

He who starts behind in the great race of life must forever remain behind or run faster than the man in front.

It must be borne in mind that the tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goals to reach.

A child must learn early to believe that she is somebody worthwhile, and that she can do many praiseworthy things.

It isn't a disgrace not to reach the stars, but it is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for.

[H]owever hard the road, however difficult today, tomorrow things will be better. Tomorrow may not be better, but we must believe that it will be.

You have the ability, now apply yourself.

If you're saving, you're succeeding

You will always receive what you are equal to.

Your day usually goes the way the corners of your mouth turn. The most powerful single thing you can do to influence others is to smile at them.

... Our ability to reason has not given us special status, only a greater responsibility.

Prejudice is ignorance.

It's time for conservative Americans to right the ship again.

Many of the things the slow food people honor were innovations within historical times. Somebody had to be the first European to eat a tomato.

Every living being is an engine geared to the wheelwork of the universe. Though seemingly affected only by its immediate surrounding, the sphere of external influence extends to infinite distance.

The United States has become a place where entertainers and professional athletes are mistaken for people of importance.

The enemy is always in the mind.