Education must not simply teach work-it must teach life.

Either America will destroy ignorance or ignorance will destroy the United States.

There is in this world no such force as the force of a person determined to rise. The human soul cannot be permanently chained.

Children learn more from what you are than what you teach.

Strive for that greatness of spirit that measures life not by its disappointments but by its possibilities.

There is no force equal to a woman determined to rise

Nothing in the world is easier in the United States than to accuse a black man of crime.

We must complain. Yes, plain, blunt complaint, ceaseless agitation, unfailing exposure of dishonesty and wrong - this is the ancient, unerring way to liberty and we must follow it.

To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships.

I am especially glad of the divine gift of laughter: it has made the world human and lovable, despite all its pain and wrong.

I most sincerely doubt if any other race of women could have brought its fineness up through so devilish a fire.

It is important to speak your truth, not to convince anyone else of it. Everyone must make up their own minds.

I live like a woman and I love like a man. If only, you can deal with it.

History has always been a series of pendulum swings, but the individual doesn't have to get caught in that.

Nominees [to Supreme Court] shouldn't be expected to pre-commit to ruling on certain issues in a certain way. Nor should senators ask nominees to pledge to rule on issues in a particular way.

I'm a nomad. I have a place in New York in the Flatiron District, and I have a place in Paris in Ile Saint-Louis, and I spend a lot of time in Congo.

I can start the rain. Bring thunder. Bring lightning. Want to see?

I know so many amazing actors who don't get work... and then there are a bunch of real duds that work all the time. The industry is just not fair in that way.

What are you thinking about? What you focus on right now will tend to come into your life a little later. Here's your reminder to change your mind.

The life of the golfer is not all gloom; There's always the lies in the locker room.

No man who is not willing to bear arms and to fight for his rights can give a good reason why he should be entitled to the privilege of living in a free community.