You have the ability, now apply yourself.

It is not your environment, it is you- the quality of your mind, the integrity of your soul and the determination of your will that will decide your future and shape your life.

Whatever you do,strive to do it so well that no man living and no man dead and no man yet to be born could do it any better.

Every man and woman is born into the world to do something unique and something distinctive and if he or she does not do it, it will never be done.

It isn't more light we need, it isn't more truth, and it isn't more scientific data. It is more Christ, more courage, more spiritual insight to act on the light we have.

Whatever you do, do it so well that people looking on will feel that the task was reserved especially for you by God Himself.

He who starts behind in the great race of life must forever remain behind or run faster than the man in front.

It must be borne in mind that the tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goals to reach.

A child must learn early to believe that she is somebody worthwhile, and that she can do many praiseworthy things.

It isn't a disgrace not to reach the stars, but it is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for.

[H]owever hard the road, however difficult today, tomorrow things will be better. Tomorrow may not be better, but we must believe that it will be.

I can't believe I'm here, sitting with all my friends.There's No-one!And there's Nobody!My only two, and best true friends.

Where ever there's guilt there's violence, and if guilt is a smell then violence is a taste: strawberries and formaldehyde and ironish blood.

I really believe that being flexible and grateful contributes a lot to your happiness, which contributes to your health and contributes to your look.

Everywhere that freedom stirs, let tyrants fear.

Isn't it pretty to think so.

When there were fears about the future of this nation's older cities... when a few of the cities teetered on the brink of bankruptcy, all eyes were focused on Chicago for contrast.

I can give a precise day when Christ came to me and began to transform my life with his power and love.

Reading gave me hope.

As electronic journalism came to be evaluated for its cost effectiveness, the network world began breaking up.

When in doubt, do without.