Cheaper Quotes

Never give up,

for that is just

the place and time

that the tide will turn.

We the people are the rightful masters of both

Congress and the courts,

not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow

the men who pervert the Constitution.

The goal of my shows,

my interviews, my business, my philanthropy, all of it,

whatever ventures I might pursue,

would be to make clear that what unites us is ultimately far

more redeeming and compelling than anything that separates me.

I want to leave a legacy.

Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.

Between stimulus and response there is a space.

In that space is our power to choose our response.

Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy.

I was born 50 years after slavery, in 1913.

I was allowed to read.

My mother, who was a teacher,

taught me when I was a very young child.

The first school I attended was a small building

that went from first to sixth grade.

There was one teacher for all of the students.

There could be anywhere from 50 to 60 students of all different ages.

People love me.

And you know what,

I have been very successful.

I believe music can heal people.

Don’t be afraid to fail,

be afraid not to try.

I don't like being put in a box.

I just make music,

you know?

The right word may be effective,

but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.

Religion is all bunk.

The idea is not to win.

As soon as there is life there is danger.

Life is about growing and improving and getting better.

Among the friends of Union,

there is great diversity of sentiment

and of policy in regard to slavery and the African race among us.

All my life through

the new sights of Nature

made me rejoice

like a child.

Don’t just teach your children to read…

teach them to question what they read.