“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.”

The powers of the mind are like the rays of the sun when they are concentrated they illumine.

I detest racialism because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from a black man or a white man.

America is a country where half the money is spent buying food, and the other half is spent trying to lose weight.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.

“Survival can be summed up in three words - never give up. That's the heart of it really. Just keep trying. ”