An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.

If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.

Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.

The time is always right to do what is right.

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.

The time is always right to do the right thing.

You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true.

It's not the violence of the few that scares me, it's the silence of the many

Life will not last forever. Enjoy its beauty and joy while you are here.

Salvation does not depend on human desire or effort, but on God’s mercy of grace.

Self-pity” is just sadness, I think, in the pejorative.

I was so humiliated, hurt, spurned, offended, angry, sorry--I cannot hit upon the right name for the smart--God knows what its name was--that tears started to my eyes.

I think if people read more, that is a better world.

But dreams full oft are found of real events The form and shadows.

He who allows himself to be insulted deserves to be so; and insolence, if unpunished, increases! [Lat., Qui se laisse outrager, merite qu'on l'outrage Et l'audace impunie enfle trop un courage.]

The only one you need in your life is that person who shows you he needs you in his.

He said, I'm better off without her, until I showed him my tattoo.

No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.