Social history might be defined negatively as the history of a people with the politics left out.

Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.

Never tell a young person that anything cannot be done. God may have been waiting centuries for someone ignorant enough of the impossible to do that very thing.

Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.

I have two doctors, my left leg and my right.

The real evil with which we have to contend is not the physical evil of the Famine, but the moral evil of the selfish, perverse and turbulent character of the people.

Every true history must force us to remember that the past was once as real as the present and as uncertain as the future.

One half who graduate from college never read another book.

A little man often cast a long shadow.

History is the open Bible: we historians are not priests to expound it infallibly: our function is to teach people to read it and to reflect upon it for themselves.

The best historian is he who combines knowledge of the evidence with the largest intellect, the warmest human sympathy and the highest imaginative powers.

Success is more than just power or not violating the rights of others it is the privilege of contributing to the betterment of others.

There is no worse sorrow than remembering happiness in the day of sorrow.

I find that the love we share fills me up and makes me see and appreciate life in a different way.

Energy and imagination are the springboards to wealth creation.

I'm certainly not interested in religion for religion's sake or for some kind of structure or stabilizing force. Religion is supposed to be for God's sake and God is an unpredictable, wild thing.

Honestly, I really hated dancing at first. Because I'm not good at it. I still don't like dancing.

For me, a dancer is part of an artist’s entertainment - “backup dancer” isn’t even in my vocabulary.

To take care of the environment, we must first take care of the environmentalist.

People's feelings get hurt when they figure out what I'm worth.

Those who determine not to put self to death will never see the will of God fulfilled in their lives.