Leadership is not only having a vision, but also having the courage, the discipline, and the resources to get you there.

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.

The convenient function of every celebrated machine for living is to produce machines to live in them.

Reason had no place to crash once Emotion came to town.

As men we are all equal in the presence of death.

I took two important phone calls while in the shower today because I'm a goddam professional.

This kind of knowing you can never tell to anyone. If you want us to survive, you cannot trust a soul'... 'Not for any reason on this earth. You can never tell.

I spent many years working for voting rights, but we still see sophisticated efforts, led by white officials, to disenfranchise black voters in local and national elections.

I never studied anything, really. I didn't study the drums. I joined bands and made all the mistakes onstage.

I want to be the guy that can go out there and go at least seven, eight innings every time out.

I thought of rhyme alone, For rhyme can beat a measure out of trouble And make the daylight sweet once more.