“The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.”

Sooner strangle an infant in its cradle than nurse unacted desires.

Prisons are built with stones of Law, Brothels with bricks of Religion

Those who restrain desire do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom. You never know what is enough until you know what is more than enough.

He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star.

I myself do nothing. The Holy Spirit accomplishes all through me.

The weak in courage is strong in cunning.

The busy bee has no time for sorrow.

For I dance And drink and sing, Till some blind hand Shall brush my wing.

For all eternity, I forgive you and you forgive me.

Improvement makes strait roads, but the crooked roads without Improvement, are roads of Genius.

Everything to be imagined is an image of truth.

The apple tree never asks the beech how he shall grow, nor the lion, the horse, how he shall take his prey.

And is he honest who resists his genius or conscience only for the sake of present ease or gratification

As a man is, so he sees. As the eye is formed, such are its powers.

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

Do you know, it’s funny, but I never thought of being blind as a disadvantage, and I never thought of being black as a disadvantage.

I am what I am. I love me! And I don’t mean that egotistically – I love that God has allowed me to take whatever it was that I had and to make something out of it.

I’ve had tremendous success I’m very lucky.

Sir, Respect Your Dinner: idolize it, enjoy it properly. You will be many hours in the week, many weeks in the year, and many years in your life happier if you do.

Thankfulness is the tune of angels.

Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.

I got what I needed instead of what I wanted and that’s just about the best kind of luck you can have.

All your life, you will be faced with a choice. You can choose love positivity and gratitude that things aren’t worse or hate negativity and bitterness that things aren’t better. I choose love positivity and gratitude that things aren’t worse.