An opportunity was being given to me to do what I had asked of others.

you must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.

To bring about change, you must not be afraid to take the first step. We will fail when we fail to try.

I believe there is only one race - the human race.

Stand for something or you will fall for anything. Today's mighty oak is yesterday's nut that held its ground.

Nothing in the Golden Rule says that others will treat us as we have treated them. It only says that we must treat others in a way that we would want to be treated.

One person can change the world.

What really matters is not whether we have problems, but how we go through them. We must keep going on to make it through whatever we are facing.

I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free... so other people would be also free.

People always say that I didn’t give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn’t true. No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.

As long as people use tactics to oppress or restrict other people from being free, there is work to be done.

...the heart has no tears to give,--it drops only blood, bleeding itself away in silence.

We have bigger things to brood on and enormous reasons for wallowing in terminal craziness until we finally hit bottom.

If you don't have self-respect, if you don't have dignity, if you don't have some true knowledge of self and who you are, and where you're coming from, then you're absolutely lost.

I am about to stop being a get-along kind of guy and turn into somebody who makes a difference.

Working in theater, film or television are three different jobs for an actor, and I accept them as such.

The cookie maker needs someone to look out for him.

All stress comes from resisting what is.

The ultimate folly is to think that something crucial to your welfare is being taken care of for you.

A Company should be viewed as an unfolding movie, not as a still photograph

I want the world to be better because I was here.