It is madness and a contradiction to expect that things which were never yet performed should be effected, except by means hitherto untried.
If you protect a man from folly, you will soon have a nation of fools.
I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again.
Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.
The secret of happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles.
Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.
Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.
In the year 1866, I discovered the Christ Science or divine laws of Life, Truth, and Love, and named my discovery Christian Science
I'm doing lots of interviews and stuff. I'm longing for the days of getting up, not having to put on makeup and do my hair and just going to the studio.
The problem [ of the twenty-two million Afro-Americans] is so broad that it's going to take the inner working of all organizations.
The basic concept of value to a private owner and being motivated when you're buying and selling securities by reference to intrinsic value instead of price momentum - I don't think that will ever be outdated.