Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.

There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.

Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.

Success waits patiently for anyone who has the determination and strength to seize it.

I would permit no man, no matter what his colour might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.

If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.

The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least.

Success is not measured by where you are in life, but the obstacles you've over come

Political activity alone cannot make a man free. Back of the ballot, he must have property, industry, skill, economy, intelligence, and character.

We all should rise, above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness, and selfishness.

I don't have much time' is a lousy excuse. There is always time, what we you don't have is the skills to manage the time.

For so many centuries, the exchange of gifts has held us together. It has made it possible to bridge the abyss where language struggles.

I have made mistakes but I have never made the mistake of claiming that I never made one.

The attempted assassinations against me were not accidental.

I think it's critical that we return national security issues to the center of the overall political debate in America.

To stand before men on behalf of God is one thing. To stand before God on behalf of men is something entirely different.

Everything proceeds from everything else and everything becomes everything, and everything can be turned into everything else.

As a modern woman, there are things I take for granted, and that shows up in the way I sit, the way I walk, the way I think, and what I know to be possible.

If your ruler is just, then praise God; but if he is unjust, pray to God to rid you of him.