To me, the real marks of beauty in a woman are courage, character, kindness, and personality.

Leadership is building a bridge that connects the vision with the purpose, in order to empower those who are around us.

Our government has made a whole lot of promises that, in the long run, it cannot possibly keep without huge tax increases.

Lord, please give me big ears and a thoughtful mind. Teach me to ask well and see it through other’s eyes.

I know that the blacks, take them half enlightened and ignorant, are more humane and merciful than the most enlightened and refined European that can be found in all the earth.

The Americans say that we are ungrateful-but I ask them for heaven's sake, what should we be grateful to them for-for murdering our fathers and mothers?-Or do they wish us to return thanks to them for chaining and handcuffing us, branding us, cramming fire down our throats, or for keeping us in slavery, and beating us nearly or quite to death to make us work in ignorance and miseries, to support them and their families. They certainly think we are a gang of fools.

Karate is not about winning over others. It is about winning over one's self. Ultimately, the most challenging opponents we face reside from within - our hang-ups, our insecurities, our prejudices. Overcome these and you will have truly won.