Eubie Blake

Never trust anyone who wants what you’ve got. Friend or no, envy is an overwhelming emotion.

Be grateful for luck. Pay the thunder no mind.

If I’d known I’d live to be a 100 I’d have taken much better care of myself.

Listen to the birds and don’t hate nobody.

Trees are among the most useful things grown.

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strength. When you go through hardship and decide not to surrender, that is strength.

If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath.

Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else’s can shorten it.

Keep on going and the chances are you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I have never heard of anyone stumbling on something sitting down.

These are our neighbours, our co-workers, friends’ children… the problem is closer than you think, but so is the solution.

Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but no one wants to die to get there!

It is the mind that makes good or ill. That which makes us happy or sad; rich or poor.

Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger.

A problem is a chance for you to do your best.

We have enough in our country to let us deep into the springs of human life if we only cherished what we have.

A man can seldom – very, very, seldom – fight a winning fight against his training; the odds are too heavy.

I’m embarrassed to say a good chick flick – I’m an old romantic.

Without doubt, Thomas Edison is my greatest contemporary.

The short successes that can be gained in a brief time and without difficulty, are not worth much.