If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be one nation gone under.

We are all motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is, the more he is inspired by glory.

Pizza makes me think that anything is possible.

If the little bit you have is nothing special in itself, at least find a way of saying it that is a little bit special.

When I give, I give myself.

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain.

There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.

I do not care so much what I am to others as I care what I am to myself.

Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are

Great work requires great and persistent effort for a long time. … Character has to be established through a thousand stumbles.

A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened.

Question with boldness even the existence of God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear.

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.

I have a dream that one day little black boys and girls will be holding hands with little white boys and girls.

We were a family who had come from nothing and now we had respect from French people of all sorts.

The deeds you do may be the only sermon some persons will hear today.

We need never be ashamed of our tears.

To give real service, you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money.