I believe it is my obligation to tell the story of the civil rights movement to the next generation.

If you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have a moral obligation to do something about it.

You cannot be afraid to speak up and speak out for what you believe. You have to have courage, raw courage.

We may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us.

When people tell me nothing has changed, I say come walk in my shoes and I will show you change.

If you're not hopeful and optimistic, then you just give up. You have to take that long hard look and just believe that if your consistent, you will succeed

I say from time to time that the vote is precious. It's almost sacred. It is the most powerful nonviolent tool or instrument that we have in a democratic society. And we must use it.

Don't give up! Don't give in! Keep the faith! And keep your eyes on the prize!

You cannot give up - you have to be persistent and keep pushing, and press on.

I truly believe that one day we will get there, we will arrive. And if we do it right in America, maybe, just maybe, we can serve as a model for the rest of the world.

You have to have the capacity and the ability to take what people did, and how they did it, and forgive them and move on.

But people need lift, too. People don't get moving, they don't soar, they don't achieve great heights, without someone buoying them up.

A willing heart, daring spirit!

To understand possible means to understand impossible.

Conformity is a cage that confines our ability to think. It is a cage that hinders growth and deters individualism

Wealth is the slave of a wise man

If faith without works is dead willingness without action is fantasy.

We are not in the least afraid of ruins. We are going to inherit the earth; there is not the slightest doubt about that.

By the time I recognize this moment, this moment will be gone. . . But I will bend the light, pretend that it somehow lingered on

The Book of Mormon is true, just what it purports to be, and for this testimony I expect to give an account in the day of judgment.

If you let the reality of the business side get to you, it can turn you, and that's not good at all.