He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.

One of the greatest diseases is to be nobody to anybody.

There is no marvel in a woman learning to speak, but there would be in teaching her to hold her tongue.

Our true nationality is mankind.

Humans are not proud of their ancestors, and rarely invite them round to dinner.

The people who turn out best are those people who make the best out of the way things turn out.

People fall forward to success.

The greatest attitude of all is gratitude.

Take away paradox from the thinker and you have a professor.

When people are protecting something truly special to them, they truly can become...as strong as they can be.

How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!

If money help a man to do good to others, it is of some value; but if not, it is simply a mass of evil, and the sooner it is got rid of, the better.

A narrow mind and a fat head invariably come on the same person.

He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.

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.

These are people who are capable of devotion, public devotion, to justice. They meant what they said and every day that passes, they mean it more.

All is in the hands of man. Therefore wash them often.

The U.S. Census Bureau acknowledged this fact when it reported that those with a bachelor's degree earn on average $1 million more over their lifetime than those with only a high school diploma.

If you can't say something good about someone, sit right here by me.

It’s extraordinary how self-obsessed human beings are. There is so much more out there than what connects to us.

To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and the women.