Never does a man know the force that is in him till some mighty affection or grief has humanized the soul.

Defeat in doing right is nevertheless victory.

No man ever progressed to greatness and goodness but through great mistakes.

Moments of prayer intruded on by sloth cannot be made up. We may get experience, but we cannot get back the rich freshness and strength which were wrapped up in those moments.

On earth we have nothing to do with success or results but only with being true to God and for God. Defeat in doing right is nevertheless victory.

Life like war is a series of mistakes and he is best who wins the most splendid victories by the retrieval of mistakes.

Only so far as a man believes strongly mightily can he act cheerfully or do anything worth doing.

No human can bury their past indefinitely. It’s only a matter of time before you crack.

It takes no genius to observe that a one-man band never gets very big

I was always jealous of my violinist friends and cellist friends who traveled with their instruments.

I get over a hundred letters a day from all over the world, from children and parents, and it's a wonder I ever have time to write books, let alone speak!

Race prejudice can't be talked down, it must be lived down.

Heroism--that is the disposition of a man who aspires to a goal compared to which he himself is wholly insignificant. Heroism is the good will to self-destruction.

It is such a special feeling to win a grand prix.

That wasn't me. I'm not a morning person. There's another person inside of me that does all the morning things.

If people don't have their own vision, all they can do is 'sign-up' for someone else's.

Barking dogs don't bite, but they themselves don't know it.