Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last.

You can be discouraged by failure, or you can learn from it. So go ahead and make mistakes, make all you can. Because, remember that's where you'll find success - on the far side of failure. 

Memory is deceptive because it is colored by today's events. 

I was born in Harlem, raised in the South Bronx, went to public school, got out of public college, went into the Army, and then I just stuck with it.

To convince people to back your idea, you've got to sell it to yourself and know when it's the moment. Sometimes that means waiting. It's like surfing. You don't create energy, you just harvest energy

A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it.

Jesus is ideal and wonderful, but you Christians - you are not like him.

My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me. 

Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.

By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower.

You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.

In this bright future you can't forget your past.