Ifemelu liked the name of the town, Willow; it sounded to her like freshly squeezed beginnings.
Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age.
Capture your youth, while you can.
Complacency happens almost without notice. Check and renew your heart daily.
When efforts that are wisely executed, the situation and condition don't affect the performance.
A good character is not only about the good person people know you to be. Your ability to tell the truth about how bad you had been is also a good character.
There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique, and if you block it, it will never exis...
A building has integrity just like a man. And just as seldom.
He had an answer to almost everything and he retired at an early age.
Forgiveness requires a sense that bad behaviour is a sign of suffering rather than malice.
We have two natures within us, both struggling for mastery. Which one will dominate us? It depends on which one we feed.