To be good, we must do good; and by doing good we take a sure means of being good, as the use and exercise of the muscles increase their power.

Right actions in the future are the best apologies for bad actions in the past.

Every parting is a form of death, as every reunion is a type of heaven.

Some so speak in exaggerations and superlatives that we need to make a large discount from their statements before we can come at their real meaning.

Prejudices are rarely overcome by argument; not being founded in reason they cannot be destroyed by logic.

We never reach our ideals, whether of mental or moral improvement, but the thought of them shows us our deficiencies, and spurs us on to higher and better things.

If you would thoroughly know anything, teach it to others.

Thoughts lead on to purpose, purpose leads on to actions, actions form habits, habits decide character, and character fixes our destiny.

Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow so.

Some of the best lessons we ever learn we learn from our mistakes and failures. — The error of the past is the wisdom and success of the future.

True humility is not an abject, groveling, self-despising spirit; it is but a right estimate of ourselves as God sees us.

You are the only problem you will ever have and you are the only solution. Change is inevitable, personal growth is always a personal decision.

No amount of belief makes something a fact.

Sometimes Jonathan [Powell] and myself would go to Tony [Blair] and ask him if he was absolutely sure about this or that. That was our job. But ultimately it was his decision.

Beauty and grace are performed whether or not we sense them.

I'm not a boy band kind of girl. I like hip-hop, I like R&B.

Make no mistake: this is a repeal and a replace of Obamacare, make no mistake about it. Make no mistake.

Love has been the ontological pattern for me. And also the withholding pattern.

I don't know these people and they aren't my flowers.

the first day i shot dope was on a sunday. i had just come home from church got mad at my mother cuz she got mad at me. u dig?

You can't make an egg without frying an egg