Only God can shape a flower, but any foolish child can pull it to pieces.

Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.

Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.

Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.

I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.

Victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats.

You will achieve your grand dream, a day at a time, so set goals for each day.

Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity.

Let your first hour set the theme of success and positive action that is certain to echo through your entire day. Today will never happen again.

I will not allow yesterday's success to lull me into today's complacency, for this is the great foundation of failure.

Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your good health has vanished.

nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose

I got it wrong – I was singing for myself when I should have been singing for you all. - Burt

And I’m not spying! I’m evaluating!”“It’s the same difference!

. . . when you are stressed, if you take three deep breaths before you say or do anything, this will help prevent you from making choices you might regret later.

Someone once told me that the '…Baby One More Time' video should be me as a superhero fighting a giant robot monster.

Personally, one of the down sides of founding a company is that there is always too much work to do, and sadly I find I don't have much time to code any more.

Slavery is the next thing to hell.

We are the space in which thoughts appear, play, and dissolve like clouds drifting in the infinite sky.

The satisfaction of life May not be ours, But the beauty of hope Is all ours.

How can we teach our children to respect Black women if Black women don't respect Black women?