Invest in the human soul. Who knows, it might be a diamond in the rough.

Believe in yourself, learn, and never stop wanting to build a better world.

A woman is free if she lives by her own standards and creates her own destiny, if she prizes her individuality and puts no boundaries on her hopes for tomorrow.

If we accept and acquiesce in the face of discrimination, we accept the responsibility ourselves. We should, therefore, protest openly everything ... that smacks of discrimination or slander.

We have a powerful potential in our youth, and we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices so that we may direct their power toward good ends.

I leave you love. I leave you hope. I leave you the challenge of developing confidence in one another. I leave you respect for the use of power. I leave you faith. I leave you racial dignity.

Next to God we are indebted to women, first for life itself, and then for making it worth living.

Faith is the first factor in a life devoted to service. Without it, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible.

We live in a world which respects power above all things. Power, intelligently directed, can lead to more freedom. Unwisely directed, it can be a dreadful, destructive force.

Our children must never lose their zeal for building a better world.

Studying goes deeper than mere reading. There are surface nuggets to be gathered but the best of the gold is underneath, and it takes time and labor to secure it.

Music melts all the separate parts of our bodies together.

The integrity of my sleep has been forever compromised, sir.

The only condition that miracles will come is after you have done your best.

Hope is patience with the lamp lit.

Cats are inquisitive, but hate to admit it.

Man who eat many prunes get good run for money.

I don't think I could have dreamt it up any better than how things went, of being at my peak at just the right time, and have everything go my way.

Memory is the miser of the mind; forgetfulness the spendthrift.

Most of the world's work is done by people who don't feel very well.

Baldwin thought Europe was a bore, and Chamberlain thought it was only a greater Birmingham.