LIBERTY, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.

Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.

Start where you are, with what you have. Make something of it and never be satisfied.

When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.

Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.

Most people search high and wide for the key to success. If they only knew, the key to their dreams lies within.

I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in.

No individual has any right to come into the world and go out of it without leaving behind him distinct and legitimate reasons for having passed through it.

Do not let anyone claim tribute of American patriotism if they even attempt to remove religion from politics.

Where there is no vision, there is no hope.

The future of this nation depends on the Christian training of our youth.

And when suddenlythe god stopped her and, with anguish in his cry, uttered the words: ‘He has turned round’ –she comprehended nothing and said softly: ‘Who?

Which was worse, telling a person you loved them when you didn’t mean it? Or loving them and never telling them at all?

If there was no Black Sabbath, I could still possibly be a morning newspaper delivery boy. No fun.

Our best thoughts come from others.

There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children.

We must trust as if it all depended on God and work as if it all depended on us

I usually try to make my images look like they just exist, like no effort was put into it.

I see it happen in uniracial congregations all the time. But people - when they're in mixed company, we speak differently.

I wanted a literate, socially intricate, and cosmopolitan world - something I could have fun destroying.

The spirit of a person's life is ever shedding some power, just as a flower is steadily bestowing fragrance upon the air.