A slave is someone who sits down, and waits for someone to free them.

It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.

You are not judged by the height you have risen, but from the depth you have climbed.

I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.

There is no negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough, to live up to their own constitution

Education means emancipation. It means light and liberty. It means the uplifting of the soul of man into the glorious light of truth, the light by which men can only be made free.

Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one's thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist. That, of all rights, is the dread of tyrants. It is the right which they first of all strike down.

Without a struggle, there can be no progress.

If there is no struggle, there is no progress.

Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.

The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.

May God grant you the anointing of the Holy Ghost.

Take a moment and sit with yourself. You may find what you are looking for.

May the radiance of what you love, reflect in whatever you do.

Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves.

Of late years (perhaps as a result of our political changes) art has borrowed from history more than ever.

Shakespeare was the great one before us. His place was between God and despair.

I don't expect that the million will ever be won, simply because there is no confirming evidence for any paranormal claims to date.

What's the whole point of being pretty on the outside when you're so ugly on the inside?

Whatever sport you choose, do it because you love it, and don't expect to be an expert first thing. It takes time to do well at anything, but if you love it, you'll stick with it.

Wicked words are the prelude to wicked deeds.