Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.
Failure cannot cope with persistence.
Never exceed your rights, and they will soon become unlimited.
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.
As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked for them.
Poverty is... Curable like any disease. Ignorance, dependence, inefficiency, laziness, want of the spirit of enterprise are the real real causes of poverty.
The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.
I believe we are here on the planet Earth to live, grow up and do what we can to make this world a better place for all people to enjoy freedom.
He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.
There are two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live.
Ah just act the way ah feel.
Every time you are tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future.
The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.
Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.
So many women just don't know how great they really are. They come to us all vogue outside and vague on the inside.
Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.
Life did not intend to make us perfect. Whoever is perfect belongs in a museum.
I believe today that my conduct is in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator
Teach not thy lip such scorn, for it was made For kissing, lady, not for such contempt.
I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion'.