I don't try to just be a blues singer - I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.

If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.

Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.

Champions keep playing until they get it right.

The time is always right to do what is right.

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.

The time is always right to do the right thing.

You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.

To them, eternal life beginsAnd God Himself shall wipe away all tears.

True respect means accepting someone and honoring his or her thoughts and feelings.

If you're early, you're on time. If you're on time, you're late.

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

Hillary Clinton shouldn't be allowed to run for president. She shouldn't be allowed. She's a crook.

The ending is one of my blackest, utterly without hope of any sort.

A sanctity hangs about the sources of our being, whether physical, social, or imaginary.

A democracy is more than a form of government; it is primarily a mode of associated living, of conjoint communicated experience.

Rewriting to me means, if I work on it for three days, I've rewritten it.

But see that you get on. That's your job in this hard world, to keep your love alive and see that you get on, no matter what. Pull your act together and just go on.