True humility is not an abject, groveling, self-despising spirit; it is but a right estimate of ourselves as God sees us.

Right actions in the future are the best apologies for bad actions in the past.

Every parting is a form of death, as every reunion is a type of heaven.

Some so speak in exaggerations and superlatives that we need to make a large discount from their statements before we can come at their real meaning.

Prejudices are rarely overcome by argument; not being founded in reason they cannot be destroyed by logic.

We never reach our ideals, whether of mental or moral improvement, but the thought of them shows us our deficiencies, and spurs us on to higher and better things.

If you would thoroughly know anything, teach it to others.

Thoughts lead on to purpose, purpose leads on to actions, actions form habits, habits decide character, and character fixes our destiny.

Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow so.

Some of the best lessons we ever learn we learn from our mistakes and failures. — The error of the past is the wisdom and success of the future.

We weep over the graves of infants and the little ones taken from us by death; but an early grave may be the shortest way to heaven.

Sometimes the guilty one is not the person who has committed the crime, but the person who has created the possibility for it to be committed.

The busier you are, the less time you have to make decisions.

Anyone who knows of a provable instance of colour discrimination ought always to expose it.

You have to fix something when it first appears.

No matter what's happening, choose to be happy. Don't focus on what's wrong. Find something positive in your life. Thank God for the small things.

Women candidates have two unique problems. They have trouble raising money and being taken seriously by the media.

I like to photograph people who have strength and dignity in their faces. Whatever life has done to them, it hasn’t destroyed them.

It would be creepy if you knew my home address.

Now that I think about it, you’d have to be a glutton for punishment to keep coming near me given my acerbic personality where you’re concerned. (Tory)