I detest racialism, because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from a black man or a white man.

A winner is a dreamer who never gives up

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

I never lose. Either I win or learn.

It always seems impossible until it's done.

Lead from the back and let others believe they are in front.

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will.

Give a child love, laughter and peace, not AIDS.

Only free men can negotiate. A prisoner cannot enter into contracts.

Fools multiply when wise men are silent.

If we study the Scriptures, we find the well of salvation.

Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live.

A true friend is one soul in two bodies.

To preach of peace and brotherhood, oh what might be the cost? A man he did it long ago, and they hung him on a cross.

Before I started touring, I worked with someone to help me, even physically, because I was so shy. And you can't be shy going onstage. So I had to push myself in a direction that wasn't myself.

Work isn't really work for me. I hate to tell you this, but I've never liked the weekend in my life. I was enthusiastic about Monday morning from the day I left college.

However one might pray - in any verbal way or completely without words - is unimportant to God. What matters is the heart's intent.

Writers are too self-centered to be lonely.

By a twist of fate rather than anything approaching journalistic enterprise, I did the last major interview with Johnny Carson.

Who can be wise, amazed, temperate and furious, Loyal and neutral, in a moment? No man.