Gather quickly Out of darkness All the songs you know And throw them at the sun Before they melt Like snow.

Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.

I'm so tired of waiting, aren't you, for the world to become good and beautiful and kind?

The only way to get a thing done is to start to do it, then keep on doing it, and finally you'll finish it.

A world I dream where black or white, Whatever race you be, Will share the bounties of the Earth And every man is free.

When a man starts out to build a world, He starts first with himself

Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed - Let it be that great strong land of love Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme That any man be crushed by one above.

I tire so of hearing people say, Let things take their course. Tomorrow is another day. I do not need my freedom when I'm dead. I cannot live on tomorrow's bread.

I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go.

Negroes - Sweet and docile, Meek, humble, and kind: Beware the day - They change their mind.

What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? ... Or does it explode?

The love for literature is a great light.

If you want to govern the people, You must place yourself below them.If you want to lead people, You must learn how to follow them.

Suffering often comes from the choices you make. Choose carefully.

Nothing on earth fulfills the heart better than unconditional self-love.

Everyone's colored, or you wouldn't be able to see them.

No other continent has endured such an unspeakably bizarre combination of foreign thievery and foreign goodwill.

The flower's are gone when the Fruits appear to ripen.

I would think black people think everything is about race. They are the ones who are on the outside of the game. They are the ones who face it every day.

Hollywood likes to put out their own message out a lot of times, and that message isn't the best one for everyone.

Hot blood begets hot thoughts, And hot thoughts beget Hot deeds, And hot deeds is love.