“Every man gives his life for what he believes … one life is all we have to live and we live it according to what we believe.”

I die for speaking the language of the angels.

Far rather would I sit and sew beside my poor mother, for this thing is not of my condition.

About Jesus Christ and the Church, I simply know they’re just one thing, and we shouldn’t complicate the matter.

The poor folk gladly came to me, for I did them no unkindness, but helped them as much as I could.

If I said that God did not send me, I should condemn myself; truly God did send me.

Act, and God will act.

I commit myself to Him! I certify to you that I would do or say nothing against the Christian faith.

Courage! Do not fall back; in a little the place will be yours.

King of England, and you, duke of Bedford, who call yourself regent of the kingdom of France.

I place trust in God, my creator, in all things; I love Him with all my heart.

In His strength, I will dare and dare and dare until I die.

Help yourself and God will help you

You say that you are my judge; I do not know if you are; but take good heed not to judge me ill, because you would put yourself in great peril.

I was admonished ot adopt feminine clothes; I refused, and still refuse.

If I be not in a state of grace, I pray God place me in it; if I be in it, I pray God keep me so.

Watch! When the wind blows my banner against the bulwark, you shall take it.

Every morning I awake torn between a desire to save the world and an inclination to savor it. This makes it hard to plan the day. But if we forget to savor the world, what possible reason do we have for saving it? In a way, the savoring must come first.

Thoroughly conscious ignorance is the prelude to every real advance in science.

The lesson this teaches and which every Afro-American should ponder well, is that a Winchester rifle should have a place of honor in every black home, and it should be used for that protection which the law refuses to give.

He found himself understanding the wearisomeness of this life,where every path was an improvisation and a considerable part of one’s waking life was spent watching one’s feet.

Now things on TV are every bit as good or better than what you find in movie theatres.

Every day, parents and teachers ask me, ‘How do I build grit in kids? What do I do to teach kids a solid work ethic? How do I keep them motivated for the long run?’ The honest answer is, I don’t know.

From this coincidence of contraries, we deduce that ultimately it is divinely true that contraries are within contraries; wherefore it is not difficult to compass the knowledge that each thing is within every other.

I do believe that in every age there are people whose consciousness transcends their own time and that these people, whether fictional or historical, are those with whom we most closely identify and those about whom we most enjoy reading.