Greed is a basic part of animal nature. Being against it is like being against breathing or eating. It means nothing.

The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.

If you can't stand the heat, don't go to Cancun in the summer.

It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.

Every soul deserves a shot at a Cadillac, but not everyone should be guaranteed a Cadillac.

Personal relationships are the fertile soil from which all advancement, all success, all achievement in real life grows.

Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... But not everyone must prove they are a citizen.

And now, any of those who refuse, or are unable, to prove they are citizens will receive free insurance paid for by those who are forced to buy insurance because they are citizens.

Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will.

Jump into the middle of things, get your hands dirty, fall flat on your face, and then reach for the stars.

What's a good investment? Go home from work early and spend the afternoon throwing a ball around with your son.

I refuse to behave fraudulently, as if I was anything else but African.

A cup of wisdom is more valuable than an ocean of intelligence.

The knowledge of God gives a person the opportunity to not be a slave to wealth.

Hold on to your dream. Don't let the people shake you from your dream.

Winnie the Pooh seems to me to be a fundamental text on national security.

I don't have one song that sounds like another one in my entire catalog.

[Contemporary writer] could be a kind of [Samuel] Beckett who would not be felt to be totally committed to despair.

Liberty is never unalienable, it must be redeemed regularly with the blood of patriots or it always vanishes.

The enemy of stability can be complacency

Nature is the time-vesture of God that reveals Him to the wise, and hides him from the foolish.