Our individual reality is borne out of our interpretations. Interpretations come from our experiences.

Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one

Make at least one definite move daily toward your goal.

A nation which does not remember what it was yesterday does not know where it is today.

Mr. Blair, I look upon secession as anarchy. If I owned the four millions of slaves in the South, I would sacrifice them all to the Union; but how can I draw my sword upon Virginia, my native State?

There are few, I believe, in this enlightened age, who will not acknowledge that slavery as an institution is a moral and political evil.

A land without memories is a people without liberty.

Remember, we are all one country now. Dismiss from your mind all sectional feeling, and bring them up to be Americans.

I have always observed that wherever you find the negro, everything is going down around him, and wherever you find the white man, you see everything around him improving.

You cannot change any society unless you take responsibility for it, unless you see yourself as belonging to it and responsible for changing it.

Everybody wants happiness, and nobody wants pain, but you can't have a rainbow without a little rain.

It bewildered Ig, the idea that a person could not be interested in music. It was like not being interested in happiness.

Hatred and disdain do harm to the donor not the intended recipient…The Strength in Knowing ----- by I. Alan Appt

Had I been crested, not cloven, my Lords, you had not treated me thus.

For every hour of pain I have had a day of pleasure. For every moment of worry, an hour of content.

Plagiarism is necessary, progress implies it

I do what interests me when I'm invited and do it as well as I know how and try to get better. That's all.

A lot of people, including business leaders, think the future belongs to China. Globalization is not a zero-sum game, but we need to hone our skills to stay in play.

The baseball held was my fantasy of what life offered.

Sure, I'm an optimistic, joyous person, but I'm also afraid and insecure.

When one practices discipline and moves from the beginner's territory to immovable wisdom, one makes a return and falls back to the level of the beginner.