“Success lies in the opposite direction of the normal pull.”

“We must learn to help those who deserve it, not just those who need it. Life responds to deserve not need”

“Since you cannot control the weather, or the traffic,or the one you love, or your neighbors, or your boss,then you must learn to control you...the one whose response to the difficulties of life REALLY counts.”

“If the truth isn't enough, then you must become stronger at presenting it.”

“In any situation you can think of, impatience is a source of weakness and fear, while patience represents substance and strength.”

“If my life has had a theme, I suppose it has been a typical American theme in that, for most of it, I have been looking for happiness and success.”

“The american dream wasn't meant for me, cause lady liberty's a hypocrite she lied to me, promised me freedom,education, and equality never gave me nothing but slavery but now look at how dangerous you made me callin me a mad man because im strong and bold.”

“My philosophy and my belief was that there was a long way for us to go in improving what we had ever known before, that this country of ours was a country of constant improvement. And so I thought that, well, what my whole approach was based on the promise of a better America.”