Nobody can make anybody be someone he or she doesn't want to be.

You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.

The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one.

Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.

Failure is success if we learn from it.

The biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living at doing what they most enjoy.

Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.

The best vision is insight.

Presence is more than just being there.

Diversity: the art of thinking independently together.

If you've had a good time playing the game, you're a winner even if you lose.

It’s amazing how fast you can write when there’s a gun to your head.

Do you think God can be trusted? Or do yo think you need to take things into your own hands?

I am working for a better United Nations. Nothing is perfect. You should never rely on only one source, but rather rely on those you believe in the most.

It (Strayhorn's Compositions) made us all think a little differently about what we were doing

You walk on corpses, beauty, undismayed.

You might as well expect rivers to run backwards as any man born free to be contented penned up.

Why should the sons and daughters of God be reluctant to pray, when prayer is the key in the hand of faith to unlock heaven's storehouse, where are treasured the boundless resources of Omnipotence.

Each man's life is a kind of campaign, and a long and complicated one at that. You have to maintain the character of a soldier, and do each separate act at the bidding of the General.

What shall we do with...the Jews?...their homes also should be razed and destroyed.

Time is a person-made concept.