What good is a smooth tongue without sharp teeth?

Familiarity makes the lion more dangerous.

Even coal shimmers in the light

If you are busy pleasing everyone, you are not being true to yourself

There is no treasure like the human heart.

It is the dirt within men’s hearts that is most offensive; the filth you cannot see.

There is no place for innocence on the battlefield.

It is the heart that has been pierced that feels the most.

What is courage without risk... It wouldn’t really be courage, would it?

Hate engenders loneliness and despair

Books are like bound dreams waiting to be released

Everything you need is already within you. The beauty of life is that your DESTINY lies always in your hands. The time has come for you to STEP UP and BE GREAT

Walking with her man, Lost in a dream

There are three stages of man: he believes in Santa Claus; he does not believe in Santa Claus; he is Santa Claus.

There's no such thing as a passive audience.

He (Jackie Robinson) was the greatest competitor I've ever seen. I've seen him beat a team with his bat, his ball, his glove, his feet and, in a game in Chicago one time, with his mouth.

That's what I look at some people for. I like to know about them. I think them over afterward.

I do a lot of reading, meditating, and praying to stay as grounded as I can be in this crazy world.

When all else fails, and to stand firm seems impossible, stand on the wood of the Cross; it will float with you.

Women say that my election represents a cultural break with the past - a past of sexism, of misogyny.

By kicking its carbon addiction, America will increase its national wealth and generate millions of jobs that can't be outsourced.