In my years, I have seen that people must be their own gods and make their own good fortune. The bad will come or not come anyway.

I was raised Baptist, and I like the fact that I got my conscience installed early.

All that you touch You Change. All that you Change Changes you. The only lasting truth is Change. God is Change.

In order to rise From its own ashes A phoenix First Must Burn.

To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool.

Drowning people Sometimes die Fighting their rescuers.

Kindness eases change Love quiets fear

When your rage is choking you, it is best to say nothing.

We're all capable of climbing so much higher than we usually permit ourselves to suppose.

There is no end To what a living world Will demand of you.

Be who you are and not who someone else thinks you ought to be.

This is the eternal challenge with ignorance — ignorance can't see itself.

I am groping about through this American forest of prejudice and proscription, determined to find some form of civilization where all men will be accepted for what they are worth.

Birth is about making mothers... strong, competent, capable mothers who trust themselves and know their inner strength

Ever since I was a kid, I've always been a real deep thinker and stuff.

States organized for war will make war as surely as hens will lay eggs.

Even in my side of the world, I've been in publishing for what, 25 or 26 years, and it's gone from being a gentlemen's club to being a few big players, and it's very corporatised.

What do we do with ourselves when we find we have failed to become the adults we dreamed as pious children?

When success comes in the door, it seems, love often goes out the window.

You only ever experience two emotions: euphoria and terror. And I find that lack of sleep enhances them both.

You don't need to make the structure complicated, in fact you shouldn't. All you need is for every employee to know who their manager is.