If you're not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with anything original.

You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.

If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.

Diligence is the mother of good fortune. And idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes.

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

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

The man with no imagination has no wings.

The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.

Focus on where you want to go, not on what you fear.

We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.

Plan your work - work your plan. Lack of system produces that 'I'm swamped' feeling.

Whatever lifts the corners of your mouth, trust that.

What I stand for is what I stand on.

Isn't it astonishing that all these secrets have been preserved for so many years just so we could discover them!

To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.

Whenever a negative thought concerning your personal power comes to mind, deliberately voice a positive thought to cancel it out.

Some people don't like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster.

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

Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another.

Listen to many, speak to a few.

Don't find fault, find a remedy; anybody can complain