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.

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.

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.

We weep over the graves of infants and the little ones taken from us by death; but an early grave may be the shortest way to heaven.

It's never too late to start again.

But never has the Call been so clearAs now, when death’s cool handEases my spirit from my fevered body--And I answer the Call of the Master—The Call to new Heights.

You can order yourself to treasure a moment, to cling tight to a feeling and never let it fade, but it’s your brain, that three-pound lump of hamburger, that makes the final call.

You learn more about life from watching 'Big Brother' than from reading a book.

If you see something, say something. This is more than a slogan. If you see someone turning toward violence, say something. Say something to law enforcement or to one of you in your community.

The evil that men do lives on the front pages of greedy newspapers, but the good is oft interred apathetically inside.

Thankful Madiba for your legacy and your example. You"ll always stay with us.

Life is made up of a series of judgments on insufficient data, and if we waited to run down all our doubts, it would flow past us.

I maintain that some Jew wrote it who probably heard about Christian people but never encountered any.

I felt very grown up when I was wearing makeup, thank you very much.