Precedents are dangerous things; let the rein of government then be braced and held with a steady hand.

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 best beauty treatment of all is time spent quietly before the Lord.

I'm always afraid someone's going to tap me on the shoulder one day and say, 'Back to North London'.

It is only when you know a boy's environment that you can know what influences to bring to bear.

The great thing with unhappy times is to take them bit by bit, hour by hour, like an illness. It is seldom the present, the exact present, that is unbearable.

God knows what you've been doing, everything you've been doing. You may fool me, but you can't fool God!

I can be humbler than anyone.

The single most important thing in life is to believe in yourself regardless of what everyone else says.

Where do we begin? Begin with the heart.

I feel I should be trying to complete my life, whatever completing a life means.

I'm not aware that I was consciously influenced by any director, though these things often happen unnoticed, submerged in the unconscious.