If you want to become successful, then first become the person who can be successful.

You can’t reach the destination which you don’t know. So what’s the use of hard work when you don’t know where it’s taking you?

She was Black before it was fashionable to be Black.

The distinction between "assistant" and intern" is a simple one: assistants are paid, interns are not.But of course interns are paid, in experience.

Do all the work you can in your youthful days while you have the greatest strength.

You cannot keep something down that is bound to rise.

Noble discontent is the path to heaven.

At that moment I didn't particularly care if a band of raging marauders tried to do her in,but if there were frequent attacks on her "castle," I thought I should know.

The essence of wisdom is to see that there is always a solution once you realize that the mind, which seems to create so much suffering, has infinite potential to create fulfillment instead.

Like any group that has endured much, African Americans have created a strong and mutually reinforcing sense of group identity. That's not a bad thing in and of itself.

I'm a sportsman. You know, I go out clay shooting and put three shells in.

When you put your hand on the Bible, you are saying something much stronger than just telling your peers that you're going to tell the truth.