It was not lack of ability that limited my people, but lack of opportunity.

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.

Let me tell you: the only way to get rid of dragons is to have one of your own.

Oceans are vast and almost bottomless. You dance in the rain Elizabeth. You drown in the sea.

When you can sell [empty seats] at the gate for an upgrade for 500 bucks or 600 bucks... it makes all the sense in the world.

Americans are xenophobic, they will believe their own people rather than the adversary, even a friendly enemy voice.

Much of a man's character will be found betokened in his backbone. I would rather feel your spine than your skull, whoever you are. A thin joist of a spine never yet upheld a full and noble soul.

I can’t help thinking about memoir as a down-and-up process: Dive down for color; come up for context. Sink back down for action; climb back up for self-awareness and gratitude.

You just can't imagine the kind of guy he was without seeing him play. He was a circus, a play, a movie, all rolled into one.

In the application of the method of non-violence, one must believe in the possibility of every person, however depraved, being reformed under humane and skilled treatment.

Then we can help these failed states turn around and give their people a better life. This, too, is a critical part of this global war on terrorism, and Canada and the United States are together.

The most useful thing about art is it's uselessness.