The way to learn German, is, to read the same dozen pages over and over a hundred times, till you know every word and particle in them, and can pronounce and repeat them by heart.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something.

Beauty without expression tires.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Life Is a Journey, Not a Destination.

Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

Why have you been my friend when I didn’t deserve friendship?” “Because friendship isn’t something anyone deserves…it’s just one of those blessings of life, you can’t earn…love has no price tag.

Sooner or later everyone is defeated by their desires.

My two daughters live on Facebook, and social media is their mode of communication.

A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing else is he poor.

Visualization is the human being's vehicle to the future - good, bad, or indifferent. It's strictly in our control.

He leaned over her, the sun behind his head making a halo of gold, his face lit by the reflections off the water.

I know my own deficiencies, one of which is that I had lived away from America for such a long time. It's called expatriate

In a nation of millions and a world of billions, the individual is still the first and basic agent of change.

Is it possible that there are no coincidences?

A lot of the guys were like that - Oscar Pettiford - they just took me under their wing, and that's why I automatically help young people. I just love it, because they did that for me.