Wait long enough and you reap what you sow. That hold for men. That hold for towns. That hold for a whole country.

One thing always sure. Life go on with you or without you, no matter how much you seen.

This was the face of slavery. To have nothing, and still have something more to lose.

There is nothing more satisfying than having plans.

You can't tell how heavy somebody else's load is just from looking. The Lord doesn't give us more than we can carry

Reaching too deep into something not meant for you is full of pain. Figure out what you can have and work on that

Sometimes while you wait for what you think is better, Philomene said, what is good enough slips away.

The problem, as far as I can tell, is that women spend infinitely more time than men paying attention to, competing with, worrying about, everyone other than themselves.

Presidents make history. I'm just a tool of history.

Being unheard is the ground floor of giving up, and giving up is the ground floor of doing yourself in. It’s not so much, what’s the point? It’s more like, what’s the difference?

I want to be the kind of boy you are, thought Bean. But I don’t want to go through what you’ve been through to get there.

Do not leave yourself or your family unprotected against financial storms... Build up savings.

which is better - to be born stupid into an intelligent society or intelligent into an insane one?

The man who doctors himself with the aid of medical books, runs the risk of dying of a typographical error.

When I'm feeling a little empty in the head, I like to go see movies or read to loosen things up there.

My motto is to keep it simple stupid, work smart not hard.

Learn to forgive fully and completely. If you want health, wealth, and happiness, you can't afford the luxury of lugging around all those unforgiven, unforgotten past events. Let them go.