You never help others by allowing them to getaway with giving less than their best efforts.

Many people fail not so much because of their mistakes; they fail because they are afraid to try.

I've seen George Foreman shadow boxing and the shadow won.

To be successful in life, you must get in the habit of turning negatives into positives.

I'm working for the Lord, and even though the Lord's pay isn't very high, his retirement program is.

Being angry and resentful of someone is like letting them live rent-free in your head.

It’s great to reminisce about good memories of my past. It was enjoyable when it was today.

Boxing is like jazz. The better it is, the less people appreciate it.

Sure the fight was fixed. I fixed it with a right hand.

All I've ever tried to tell anyone is that I'm not a black man or a white man or anything else. All I've ever been was an American.

You may have even an ex-wife or an ex-husband, but you can never have ex-children.

Easter is the invulnerable tale of utter selflessness where at an inestimable cost God did for us what He did not need done for Himself. And that kind of ‘doing’ happens every day.

In seasons of pestilence, some of us will have a secret attraction to the disease--a terrible passing inclination to die of it.

We assume that our race simply deserves heaven; that God owes heaven to us unless we do something really bad to warrant otherwise.

A book is like a child: it is easier to bring it into the world than to control it when it is launched there.

Virtually all men of action incline to Fatality just as most thinkers incline to Providence.

Chicago is a pretty good town.

It's exciting to have a role in anything that's Claymation, just because you're always intrigued by what a clay wizard version of yourself would be.

We are here to change. We are here to grow, develop and unfold. We are progressive beings that have infinite capacity

We don't serve God to gain His acceptance; we are accepted so we serve God. We don't follow Him in order to be loved; we are loved so we follow Him.

When all our tears have reached the sea, part of you will live in me.