We're not encouraging idols other than on the TV show, you know and that's the wrong way to do it. If we had become famous from a contest show we'd be embarrassed in my generation. But if that's the benchmark then I thought well young people who want to be filmmakers, or musicians, or whatever are screwed. But maybe they're not because what they're doing is they're creating their own thing.
You are young, gifted, and Black. We must begin to tell our young, There's a world waiting for you, Yours is the quest that's just begun.
Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
I don't do great things. I do small things with great love.
It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives. It's what we do consistently.
Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience.
You aren't going to find anybody that's going to be successful without making a sacrifice and without perseverance.
Nothing else matters much. . . not wealth, nor learning, nor even health. . . without this gift: the spiritual capacity to keep zest in living. This is the creed of creeds, the final deposit and distillation of all important faiths: that you should be able to believe in life.
Nothing is more beautiful than a smile that has struggled through tears
A journey to Thousand miles begins with one step
I am not moved by what I see. I am not moved by what I feel. I am moved by what I believe.
I don’t believe in involving the government in enforcing or encouraging the lifestyle of gays and homosexuals.
You find yourself refreshed in the presence of cheerful people. Why not make an honest effort to confer that pleasure on others? Half the battle is gained if you never allow yourself to say anything gloomy.
Encouraging children to live healthy lifestyles is something I take very seriously.
In forty hours I shall be in battle, with little information, and on the spur of the moment will have to make the most momentous decisions. But I believe that one's spirit enlarges with responsibility and that, with God's help, I shall make them, and make them right.
As a society we should be encouraging people out of the debt-culture mindset, not promoting it.
It is nice to make a record and people like it, and it's encouraging.
It is not enough that we do our best; sometimes we must do what is required.
Turn you situation over to God because He can do more in a moment than you can do in a lifetime.
Stop worrying and start living.