I asked you, baby, If you understood- You told me that you didn't, But you thought you would.

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?

She dreams more often than she sleeps

A good pastor knows how to trust people and how to give them authority to fulfill all kinds of tasks. He tries to make himself unnoticed and unnecessary. Don’t be indispensable!

I don't dye my hair and I can go without makeup.

My grandmother was an unparalleled storyteller who gave me a preview of how life might turn out, and also fortified my empathy.

It has everything to do with being a good human being. A good person. A good friend.

What interests me is seeing a problem and doing something about it, not all of the stuff around it.

I got to play with Nintendo's Wii, yes it's a funny name and not very revolutionary but it was fun whipping your arms around.

When you get negative people out of your life, negative things stop happening to you.

I do have a Mexican accent, but that doesn't mean that I'm a Latin vamp.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is a habit.