“When we hate our enemies, we are giving them power over us: power over our sleep, our appetites, our blood pressure, our health, and our happiness.”

People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.

If we speak poorly about that which we do well, people will assume we perform poorly!

An hour of planning can save you 10 hours of doing.

Arouse in the other person an eager want. He who can do this has the whole world with him. He who cannot walks a lonely way.

Did you ever see an unhappy horse? Did you ever see bird that had the blues? One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses.

It is the way we react to circumstances that determines our feelings.

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.

Improving yourself is a lot more profitable than trying to improve others.

Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic.

Good leaders are scarce; so I’m following myself.

People do things for “their” reasons, not ours. So find their reasons.

The life of many a person could probably be changed if only someone would make him feel important.

Actions speak louder than words, and a smile says, ‘I like you. You make me happy. I am glad to see you.

The world is so full of people who are grabbing and self-seeking. So the rare individual who unselfishly tries to serve others has an enormous advantage. He has little competition.

If you want others to like you, if you want to develop real friendships, if you want to help others at the same time as you help yourself, keep this principle in mind: Become genuinely interested in other people.

People aren’t interested in you. They’re interested in themselves.

My blood is a miracle that, from my veins, crosses the air in my heart into yours.

Sick and tired of riots and blood.

I was born by myself but carry the spirit and blood of my father, mother and my ancestors. So I am really never alone. My identity is through that line.

We saw the lightning and that was the guns and then we heard the thunder and that was the big guns; and then we heard the rain falling and that was the blood falling; and when we came to get in the crops, it was dead men that we reaped.

Hate is like a swordfish, working through water invisibly and then you see it coming with blood along its blade, but transparency disarms it.

A man who will enslave his own blood, may not be safely relied on for magnamity.

I have heard their groans and sighs, and seen their tears, and I would give every drop of blood in my veins to free them.

Blood was its Avatar and its seal.