The common denominator for success is work.

Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.

I never would have been able to tithe the first million dollars I ever made if I had not tithed my first salary, which was $1.50 per week.

Success comes from keeping the ears open and the mouth closed

I was early taught to work as well as play. My life has been one long, happy holiday; Full of work and full of play- I dropped the worry on the way- And God was good to me everyday.

I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.

I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.

Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.

If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.

Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one's aim.

The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.

True faith rely on God's power.

If we can acquire an attitude of self-belief, then we will surely determine our future actions and our future life opportunities.

Every time I go look for God amidst sorrow, I always find Jesus at the cross, in death and resurrection. This is our God.

The old are in a second childhood.

The black agenda, from Frederick Douglas to Ida B. Wells to Martin King, has always been the most broad, deep, inclusive, embracing agenda of the nation.

America has the greatest people on earth in our military, but they don't have the right equipment and their equipment is old.

I'm not suffering from some division of personality.

In the theater, characters have to cut the umbilical cord from the writer and talk in their own voices

A wedding is one of the most lamentable spectacles on earth.

I sometimes seem to myself to wander around the world merely accumulating material for future nostalgias.