Life is God's gift to us. What we do with it is our gift to God.

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds, cannot change anything.

Two things define you: Your patience when you have nothing and your attitude when you have everything.

It is almost impossible to watch a sunset and not dream.

A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked.

Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.

We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.

People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

Do you have all that you desire? The health, the home, the career or the relationship? Look to where you're investing your time the most, is it dedicated to achieving those desires?

Live the life of maximum impact.

The finest proof of our loyalty toward one another was our monstrous disloyalties towards everyone else.

Love is a broken vase whose shape everyone remembers differently.

I believe that only through a truly educated citizenry can the ideals that inspired the Founding Fathers of our nation be preserved and perpetuated.

It's very difficult to get any movies done about Black heroes - Haitian or American - in Hollywood. The argument in Hollywood is that there is no market for those movies, and that is not true.

Let the thick curtain fall;I better know than allHow little I have gained,How vast the unattained.

Team spirit means you are willing to sacrifice personal considerations for the welfare of all. That defines a team player.

It's not ignorance does so much damage; it's knowin' so derned much that ain't so.

I could write a treatise on the sudden transformation of life into archaeology