Presumption should never make us neglect that which appears easy to us, nor despair make us lose courage at the sight of difficulties.

The colour of the skin is in no way connected with strength of the mind or intellectual powers.

Never abandon your vision. Keep reaching to further your dreams.

Evil communication corrupts good manners. I hope to live to hear that good communication corrects bad manners.

Were there no uniforms, there would probably be no armies.

Let a Secretary of Peace be appointed.

I am of the African race, and in the colour which is natural to them of the deepest dye; and it is under a sense of the most profound gratitude to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe.

I have no influence with the rising generation. All my arguments have failed to induce them to set bounds to their wants.

The world is not beautiful. Therefore it is.

It was my letting go that gave me a better hold.

I dwell in possibility.

The sober guy is always going to have this air of arrogance or self-righteousness, but it's not my intention. I just knew that if I drank, I'd have a drinking problem.

I cursed myself not only for forgetting to turn my phone off but for ever thinking that having a rock music ringtone was cool.

We have a right to expect a police force that protects our citizens and behaves in a responsible manner... in the American conscience there is no room for bigotry and racism.

I never find myself even catching lyrics until something in the sound has taken me captive. Thinking about anything else is just the pleasurable byproduct of wow.

I think your body is just a little bit stronger after pregnancy.

As you get older, youre always maturing, youre always learning something new about yourself.

I am afraid of her, afraid of what she says-and thrilled by it too, because it means I don't have to accept that I am smaller than I once believed.