I am not only retired from all public employments, but I am retiring within myself, and shall be able to view the solitary walk and tread the paths of private life with heartfelt satisfaction.

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.

Do not let anyone claim tribute of American patriotism if they even attempt to remove religion from politics.

Where there is no vision, there is no hope.

The future of this nation depends on the Christian training of our youth.

See your greatness. Be your greatness. Pay it forward.

Help others find their way, their own values, and guide them through life’s ups and downs.

On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it.

Practice has to be a process of endless disappointment. We have to see that everything we demand (and even get) eventually disappoints us. This discovery is our teacher.

Listening is an important key to HEARING.

You ni**az get me sick, wannabe soundin like you know my arithmetic... but we don't sound alike

I'm talking as a professional impresario. I'm not judging anybody at all.

The brightest stars emerge out of the blackest darkness

If it takes a million years for a fish to become a reptile, has Man, in our few hundred, altered out of recognition?