I think we've made tremendous progress on racism. We've even made progress on war. We've made almost no progress on poverty.

Influence is like a savings account, the less you use it, the more you've got

I'm against voter fraud in any form, and I have long supported a national voter ID card. But ID cards need not - and must not - restrict voting rights in any way, shape or form.

My hope for my children must be that they respond to the still, small voice of God in their own hearts.

In a world where change is inevitable and continuous, the need to achieve that change without violence is essential for survival.

Beauty and love are all my dream; They change not with the changing day; Love stays forever like a stream That flows but never flows away.

He [Martin Luther King Jr.] always used to say you have no choice about being born or dying. The only thing you have a choice about is what you die for.

It is a blessing to die for a cause, because you can so easily die for nothing.

Surely, if we can land a spaceship on Mars, we can certainly put a voter ID card in the hand of every eligible voter.

No nation as rich as ours should have so many people isolated on islands of poverty in such a sea of material wealth.

Nothing is illegal if one hundred businessmen decide to do it.

It is not so much where my motivation comes from but rather how it manages to survive.

Wiseman participates, others are just observers

You should always know when you're shifting gears in life. You should leave your era it should never leave you.

I don't have a lot of patience for boring arthouse movies.

Have the courage to take your own thoughts seriously, for they will shape you.

One rule is to not use complicated techniques unless they are necessary to achieve your goal. First, use simple movements, and if they don't work, then introduce the more complex ones.

For some of us, watching a miniseries that lasts longer than most marriages is not easy.

Perhaps no custom reveals our character as a Nation so clearly as our celebration of Thanksgiving Day.

It was like reaching for someone's hand, then missing their fingers, or even their arm, and hitting their shoulder instead. But no matter. You hang on tight anyway.

Today let me reassure you, God knows right where you are and He knows how to get you to where you need to be. Even when things don’t go the way you planned, His hand is on you.