There is nothing that gives a man consequence, and renders him fit for command, like a support that renders him independent of everybody but the State he serves.

Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.

Start where you are, with what you have. Make something of it and never be satisfied.

When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.

Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.

Most people search high and wide for the key to success. If they only knew, the key to their dreams lies within.

I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in.

No individual has any right to come into the world and go out of it without leaving behind him distinct and legitimate reasons for having passed through it.

Do not let anyone claim tribute of American patriotism if they even attempt to remove religion from politics.

Where there is no vision, there is no hope.

The future of this nation depends on the Christian training of our youth.

If I'm working this hard in the morning, I'd prefer it be because my man has woken me up with an eight-inch nudge.

I think there is a difference between aloneness and loneliness. Aloneness is necessary for the soul to thrive - even to come alive. Not loneliness.

So live your life that those who speak ill of you will not be believed.

There is no better manager than a natural born one.

The universe is an intelligence test.

Lip-synching?! Let that be a lesson. If you are in Washington, D.C., and you open your mouth and another voice comes out, it better be the NRA, an oil company or a bank.

The link between ideas and action is rarely direct. There is almost always an intermediate step in which the idea is overcome.

In Paradise there are things which no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no human mind has thought of.

Flight is romance - not in the sense of sexual attraction, but as an experience that enriches life.

My greatness does not extend to this shelf.