My entire childhood was steeped in poverty. For me, poverty, in a way, was the first inspiration of my life, a commitment to do something for the poor.

Because of a great love, one is courageous.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started.

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.

The way is long if one follows precepts, but short… if one follows patterns.

Whenever death may surprise us, let it be welcome if our battle cry has reached even one receptive ear and another hand reaches out to take up our arms.

Groups that rose from poverty to prosperity seldom did so by having their own racial or ethnic leaders to follow.

If you are a leader, you should never forget that everyone needs encouragement. And everyone who receives it – young or old, successful or less-than-successful, unknown or famous – is changed by it.

The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.

Weak character will neutralize all of the other possible good qualities a person might possess.

Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry his own weight, this is a frightening prospect.

I think, for years, people have been pushed down by religion, and I don’t say that disrespectfully, but they’ve been shown a God that you can’t measure up to.

The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.

Marriage is the most natural state of man, and… the state in which you will find solid happiness.

It’s very hard to find your own words – and you don’t actually exist until you have your own words.

Arthur Miller wouldn’t have married me if I had been nothing but a dumb blonde.

If all you’re doing is grinding for the man, it’s going to burden you. Once you say, ‚Hey, I’m grinding for the man, but I’m putting money away, and this is part of my exit strategy,‘ you’re working for you.

People want to feel hopeful.

It’s an offseason. These days are valuable for everybody.

I was reared in the church, in the Presbyterian Church.

Overall there’s going to be things I’m not great at.

You can be happy where you are.

Practically everybody in New York has half a mind to write a book, and does.

If I feel good about my parenting, I have no interest in judging other people’s choices. If I feel good about my body, I don’t go around making fun of other people’s weight or appearance. We’re hard on each other because we’re using each other as a launching pad out of our own perceived deficiency.

In every walk of life, you must have leaders. An education in the spiritual world, in the labor field, in the agricultural field, we must have leaders.

None but ourselves can free our minds.

I disagree with everything I used to say.

Racism and sexism, misogyny and homophobia, they’re so visible. They’re out in the open. When they’re visible, it’s a lot easier to deal with them.

I try to not focus on what people expect from me.

One strength of the communist system of the East is that it has some of the character of a religion and inspires the emotions of a religion.

The older I get, the more important the eternal becomes to me personally.

I’ve played with IVs before, during and after games. I’ve played with a broken hand, a sprained ankle, a torn shoulder, a fractured tooth, a severed lip, and a knee the size of a softball. I don’t miss 15 games because of a toe injury that everybody knows wasn’t that serious in the first place.

Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.

We, the People, recognize that we have responsibilities as well as rights; that our destinies are bound together; that a freedom which only asks what’s in it for me, a freedom without a commitment to others, a freedom without love or charity or duty or patriotism, is unworthy of our founding ideals, and those who died in their defense.

The human race is a race of cowards; and I am not only marching in that procession but carrying a banner.

I’m just like you – I want to be a good human being. I’m doing my best, and I’m working at it. And I’m trying to be a Christian. I’m always amazed when people walk up to me and say, ‚I’m a Christian.‘ I always think, ‚Already? You’ve already got it?‘ I’m working at it. And at my age, I’ll still be working at it at 96.

One must know oneself. If this does not serve to discover truth, it at least serves as a rule of life and there is nothing better.

He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.

You cannot let where you are today cause you to get stuck. I’m going to be my best right now. That’s what faith is all about.

Anti-Semitism is real in this country.

Sexism is real in this country.

When you realize who you live for, and who’s important to please, a lot of people will actually start living. I am never going to get caught up in that. I’m gonna look back on my life and say that I enjoyed it – and I lived it for me.

It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one’s heart rather than out of pity. A person must possess himself and have a deep sense of security in fundamental principles and values in order to genuinely apologize.

Perhaps it is better to be irresponsible and right, than to be responsible and wrong.

I have opinions of my own, strong opinions, but I don’t always agree with them.

Let us be sure that those who come after will say of us in our time, that in our time we did everything that could be done. We finished the race; we kept them free; we kept the faith.

I can’t jump the highest. I’m obviously not the biggest, not the strongest.

Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized.

Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.

In art, at a certain level, there is no ‚better than.‘ It’s just about trying to operate for yourself on the most supreme level, artistically, that you can and hoping that people get it. Trusting that, just because of the way people are built and how interconnected we are, greatness will translate and symmetry will be recognised.

Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear, glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve!

There are many people in South Africa who are rich and who can share those riches with those not so fortunate who have not been able to conquer poverty.

I find a lot of inspiration through visuals. When I was 12, I saw Aurora’s ‚Runaway‘ music video. Something inside me clicked, like, ‚That is what I want to do, no matter whether it goes anywhere or not.‘

At one time, I was very angry. I even treated fashion like a kind of crusade: you were either with us or against us, that kind of feeling. Now I know we need ideas, not kicking down a door.

We must, all of us, learn actually not to have enemies, but only confused adversaries who are ourselves in disguise.

I got the stern end of the stick. It was kind of that iron fist. I am who I am today because of my mother.

Music comes to me more readily than words.

The doors of wisdom are never shut.

A lot of us grow up and we grow out of the literal interpretation that we get when we’re children, but we bear the scars all our life. Whether they’re scars of beauty or scars of ugliness, it’s pretty much in the eye of the beholder.

I’ve had a few semi-toxic relationships, but it’s not what I look for when I’m seeing someone.