People can be induced to swallow anything, provided it is sufficiently seasoned with praise.

It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.

The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.

Love is a great master. It teaches us to be what we never were.

I assure you, an educated fool is more foolish than an uneducated one.

I want people to be sincere; a man of honor shouldn't speak a single word that doesn't come straight from his heart.

People spend most of their lives worrying about things that never happen.

I hate all men, the ones because they are mean and vicious, and the others for being complaisant with the vicious ones.

Great is the fortune of he who possesses a good bottle, a good book, and a good friend.

Folk whose own behavior is most ridiculous are always to the fore in slandering others.

A husband is a plaster that cures all the ills of girlhood.

It seems to be most leaders have more conventional wisdom, but creative leaders have better common sense.

Waiting for God to give you want He has ALREADY decided for you and waiting for someone to decide on you--is NOT the same.

No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has doubts about it himself.

God will forgive me. It's his job.

God shows his contempt for wealth by the kind of person he selects to receive it.

Music is what feelings sound like out loud. I sing songs that speak from my heart. They tell my story, how I feel.

When [Billy] Strayhorn came on the scene, he just blew us away.

There was no theater program or anything where I'm from. So junior year in high school I started the theater program.

It mattered what someone did to allow you to have the forum to do what you're doing.

...a rainy day ceases to have meaning for a person who has lived in the open under a monsoon cloud most of his life.