There's not a ship that sails the ocean, But every climate, every soil, Must bring its tribute, great or small, And help to build the wooden wall!

Softly the evening came /with the sunset/.

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.

Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.

Into each life some rain must fall.

The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.

My soul is full of longing for the secret of the sea

It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.

Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.

Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time.

It is the spirit of the poets that gives the soldiers strength to fight.

It is the end of the world. Surely you could be allowed a few carnal thoughts.

The way to develop the best that is in a man is by appreciation and encouragement.

Large organization is loose organization. Nay it would be almost as true to say that organization is always disorganization.

Becoming a woman is an act partly of nature and partly of self-invention.

I'm very impatient, so I was like, 'I want to be able to do whatever I want now.' But even the biggest stars - you look back and they weren't overnight.

I'll never make it, it will never happen, because they're never going to hear me 'cause they're screaming all the time.

There was a time in American history when almost every white person knew who Aretha Franklin was.

If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me.

Religion is not the most important thing.