I let no man drag me down so low as to make me hate him.

I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.

There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.

Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.

Success waits patiently for anyone who has the determination and strength to seize it.

I would permit no man, no matter what his colour might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.

If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.

The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least.

Success is not measured by where you are in life, but the obstacles you've over come

Political activity alone cannot make a man free. Back of the ballot, he must have property, industry, skill, economy, intelligence, and character.

We all should rise, above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness, and selfishness.

Every day brings a chance for you to draw in a breath, kick off your shoes, and dance.

Our relations with the Indians have been governed chiefly by treaties and trade, or war and subjugation.

I just have this fear that I'll get on stage and there'll be that brief moment of adrenalin and I'll forget my line.

If you don't follow your dream, who will?

At best, God can be viewed as nothing more than an uncaring incompetent father-figure

It is shaming sometimes how the body will not, or cannot, lie about emotions. Who, for decorum’s sake, has ever slowed his heart, or muted a blush?

I never saw a discontented tree.

The day it all changed. The day I stated never to take anything for granted. The day I learned to take charge of my life. It was the day I was diagnosed with cancer.

Man lives freely only by his readiness to die.

It is not hoary hairs that bring wisdom; some have an old head on young shoulders.