God Almighty has set before me two great objects, the suppression of the slave trade and the reformation of manners (morality).

You may choose to look the other way but you can never say again that you did not know.

There are four things that we ought to do with the Word of God - admit it as the Word of God, commit it to our hearts and minds, submit to it, and transmit it to the world.

It is the true duty of every man to promote the happiness of his fellow creatures to the utmost of his power.

Let it not be said that I was silent when they needed me.

If to be feelingly alive to the sufferings of my fellow-creatures is to be a fanatic, I am one of the most incurable fanatics ever permitted to be at large.

We are too young to realize that certain things are impossible... So we will do them anyway.

May God enable me to have a single eye and a simple heart, desiring to please God, to do good to my fellow creatures, and testify my gratitude to my adorable Redeemer.

Of all things, guard against neglecting God in the secret place of prayer.

Africa, your sufferings have been the theme that has arrested & engaged my heart.

The objects of the present life fill the human eye with a false magnification because of their immediacy.

How could we be miserable, when there is music?

You will never solve problems unless you face them head on.

America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.

The world is not so much in need of new thoughts as that when thought grows old and worn with usage it should, like current coin, be called in, and, from the mint of genius, reissued fresh and new.

I was in constant demand, in my professional life and my personal life.

We don't vogue, we are 'Vogue'.

It grieves me when I see a priest or a nun with the latest model car.

He made her feel like more than the sum of her parts.

If we can't make and keep commitments to ourselves as well as to others, our commitments become meaningless.

I don't like piano solos.