Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.

We may have our private opinions but why should they be a bar to the meeting of hearts?

I never could have done what I have done without the habits of punctuality, order, and diligence, without the determination to concentrate myself on one subject at a time.

Competition is the keen cutting edge of business, always shaving away at costs. 

I don't believe in death, neither in flesh nor in spirit.

It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honoured by the humiliation of their fellow beings.

What's right about America is that although we have a mess of problems, we have great capacity - intellect and resources - to do some thing about them.

We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty.

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect towards others.

I do not deny that I planned sabotage. I did not plan it in a spirit of recklessness nor because I have any love of violence. I planned it as a result of a calm and sober assessment of the political situation that had arisen after many years of tyranny, exploitation and oppression of my people by the whites.

I always do makeup touch-ups myself, especially for blood, wounds, and dirt. It saves so much time.