To err is human, but to persevere in error is only the act of a fool.

Politicians are not born; they are excreted.

Poor is the nation that has no heroes, but poorer still is the nation that having heroes, fails to remember and honor them.

It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.

Read at every wait; read at all hours; read within leisure; read in times of labor; read as one goes in; read as one goest out. The task of the educated mind is simply put: read to lead.

We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.

It is not enough to acquire wisdom, it is necessary to employ it.

Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.

Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more deceptive than the whole electoral system.

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

Beliefs create reality

Trust is a fragile thing. All it takes is a single moment in time, or a single word, to destroy what took a lifetime to build.

A smile is an inexpensive way to change your looks.

One must never fail to pronounce moral judgment.

It is the goodly outside that sin puts on which tempteth to destruction. It has been said that sin is like the bee, with honey in its mouth, but a sting in its tail.

I believe that voting is the first act of building a community as well as building a country.

I like older boys, but they think, 'She's underage.' I'd love to have somebody in mind when I sing.

Before I was a mom I used to think that parents who worried about their kids watching MTV were just clueless. Now that I'm a mom, I see what the fuss was all about!

Bottom line: the ‘no upward trend’ has to continue for a total of 15 years before we get worried.

I feel like Black Jesus got his hands on me and guides me through life to put me where I'm supposed to be.