The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what the man or woman is able to do that counts.

I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.

There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.

Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.

Success waits patiently for anyone who has the determination and strength to seize it.

I would permit no man, no matter what his colour might be, to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.

If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.

The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least.

Success is not measured by where you are in life, but the obstacles you've over come

Political activity alone cannot make a man free. Back of the ballot, he must have property, industry, skill, economy, intelligence, and character.

We all should rise, above the clouds of ignorance, narrowness, and selfishness.

Listen to yourself and you are heard.

It's easy to move on when things are so bad that you can't stand them anymore. It's harder when they're just mediocre.

It is piracy, not overt online music stores, which is our main competitor.

I don't need the fillers, additives, excessive amounts of sugars, fats, salts and other measures taken to taint the natural goodness of real food.

E-mails are the new herpes: You never get rid of them.

Capel said, "Remember that you're a woman." All too often I forgot that.

America is made up of people who came from someplace else. Even the Native Americans came over the Bering strait... America is what it is because people came from someplace else.

I realised in Sri Lanka that my dream of playing in a World Cup was a bridge too far.

Forgiveness is choosing to love. It is the first skill of self-giving love.

Never be unfaithful to a lover, except with your wife.