There is a place in God's sun for the youth "farthest down" who has the vision, the determination, and the courage to reach it.
Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition.
We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different, and yet the same.
Follow your bliss. Find where it is and don't be afraid to follow it.
You can't assume the responsibility for everything you do-or don't do.
There were angry men confronting me and I caught the flashing of defiant eyes, but above me and within me, there was a spirit stronger than them all.
A woman finds the natural lay of the land almost unconsciously; and not feeling it incumbent on her to be guide and philosopher to any successor, she takes little pains to mark the route by which she is making her ascent.
No matter what the competition is, I try to find a goal that day and better that goal.
It doesn't matter what anybody thinks of what I do. The clock doesn't lie.
You can have your titular recognition. I'll take money and power.
Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from.
I'm always making a comeback but nobody ever tells me where I've been.
My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression today; I knew it then as purpose.
In the multitude of middle-aged men who go about their vocations in a daily course determined for them much in the same way as they tie their cravats, there is always a good number who once meant to shape their own deeds and alter the world a little.
Remember if people talk behind your back, it only means you're two steps ahead!
It's a sign of your own worth sometimes if you are hated by the right people.
For me it's the challenge-the challenge to try to beat myself or do better than I did in the past. I try to keep in mind not what I have accomplished but what I have to try to accomplish in the future.
There's a very fine line between a groove and a rut; a fine line between eccentrics and people who are just plain nuts.
Promises that you make to yourself are often like the Japanese plum tree-they bear no fruit.
I am not sending messages with my feet. All I ever wanted was not to come up empty. I did it for the dough, and the old applause.
