“ At the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can. ”

“ We should all start to live before we get too old. Fear is stupid. So are regrets. ”

“ After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. ”

“ Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity, it is an act of justice. Like Slavery and Apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings. Sometimes it falls on a generation to be great. YOU can be that great generation. Let your greatness blossom. ”

“ There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living. ”

“ I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come. But I can only rest for a moment, for with freedom come responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not ended. ”

“ Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again. ”

“ You will never have a greater or lesser dominion than that over yourself...the height of a man's success is gauged by his self-mastery; the depth of his failure by his self-abandonment. ...And this law is the expression of eternal justice. He who cannot establish dominion over himself will have no dominion over others. ”

“ It is easier to resist at the beginning than at the end. ”

“ I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do. ”

“ It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things. ”

“ A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction. ”