From a child, I had an inordinate desire for knowledge and especially music, painting, flowers, and the sciences, Algebra being one of my favorite studies.

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.

Where there is no vision, there is no hope.

Fear of something is at the root of hate for others, and hate within will eventually destroy the hater.

The secret of my success? It is simple. It is found in the Bible.

It was a time when a degree was expected but not much respected.

..If not for the influence of Humans, I would not be Human. Shouldn't it be concerning that the quality of such examples continues to dwindle?

The shadow of crisis has passed, and the State of the Union is strong.

The only reason why anything virtuous or lively survives in us is this, 'the LORD is there'" (Ez. 35:10)

The music that I play and that I like is traditional music, maybe it's because of my age.

You never know what you're going to share. I can play, I know what is written - the marks, the things the composer tells me to do - and I do it, but it will still sound different each day.

But now that she was my apprentice, every such thought caused a guilty twitch in my neck, as if someone had dropped a sleek, stinky ferret there. Guilt ferrets are bastards.

I have it on good authority that Victor's going to have car trouble. Also that Robert really likes Cheerios, so if you want some, you're out of luck. He doesn't seem like the sharing type.

I came from such a simple origin, without any great privilege, and I would say I also wanted to make a mark. It wasn't until I was about 15 that I appeared in a race.

Literature is the only access to truth we have on this planet.