"It is not the world that is poisoned, but the vision of the people in it."

"Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to 'jump at the sun.' We might not land on the sun, but at least we would get off the ground."

"Dat's what makes a man and a woman. You can't have one without the other."

"There is nothing in the world that can take the place of persistence."

"Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board."