He strains his conversation through a cigar.

Don't be afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.

A cottage will hold as much happiness as would stock a palace.

To have a quiet mind is to possess one's mind wholly; to have a calm spirit is to possess one's self.

Real freedom comes from the mastery, through knowledge, of historic conditions and race character, which makes possible a free and intelligent use of experience for the purpose of progress.

Genius can do much, but even genius falls short of the actuality of a single human life.

A man can never be idle with safety and advantage until he has been so trained by work that he makes his freedom from times and tasks more fruitful than his toil has been.

The question for each man to settle is not what he would do if he had the means, time, influence and educational advantages, but what he will do with the things he has.

It is better to go down on the great seas which human hearts were made to sail than to rot at the wharves in ignoble anchorage.

The germs of all truth lie in the soul, and when the ripe moment comes, the truth within answers to the fact without as the flower responds to the sun, giving it form for heat and color for light.

Be persistent in the pursuit of your dreams.

Look back, but never look down.

Resignations are for Prime Ministers and those caught with their trousers down, not for me.

Oprah Winfrey just announced that she's planning to attend Barack Obama's inauguration. Oprah says she's very excited to see Obama become the second-most powerful person in the world.

Christ never asks us to give up merely for the sake of giving up, but always in order to win something better.

No man can climb the ladder of success without first placing his foot on the bottom rung.

When I perform Strauss, it is as if the music fits me like a glove. My voice seems to lie in a happy area in this music, which is lyrical and passionate at the same time.

I'm a huge Rachel Maddow fan. There's not a bigger Rachel Maddow fan. I'm a Maddowphile. I'm a definite Maddowphile.

People also don't understand how young the Panthers were - basically teenagers. And that they were over 50 percent women.

Order and simplification are the first steps toward the mastery of a subject.