I thought about Emmett Till, and I could not go back. My legs and feet were not hurting, that is a stereotype. I paid the same fare as others, and I felt violated. I was not going back.

you must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.

To bring about change, you must not be afraid to take the first step. We will fail when we fail to try.

I believe there is only one race - the human race.

Stand for something or you will fall for anything. Today's mighty oak is yesterday's nut that held its ground.

Nothing in the Golden Rule says that others will treat us as we have treated them. It only says that we must treat others in a way that we would want to be treated.

One person can change the world.

What really matters is not whether we have problems, but how we go through them. We must keep going on to make it through whatever we are facing.

I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free... so other people would be also free.

People always say that I didn’t give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn’t true. No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.

As long as people use tactics to oppress or restrict other people from being free, there is work to be done.

First love is amazing and wonderful, but a kind of panic underlies it, a sense of not knowing what you're doing.

Life is full of risks.It is matter to take risks than doing nothing.Dare to take risks in life.

Persuasion is better than force.

Beggars should be entirely abolished! Truly, it is annoying to give to them and annoying not to give to them.

Irritation for some men was their response to strain.

It's better to give ideas away and contribute to another person's success than to have them lying dormant.

You can have the platinum album, but when you still feel like you haven't quite found your place in the world - it kind of gives a crazy offset.

If one's life depends on doing something right, as in the case of the tightrope walker, one will practice on a much deeper level.

I developed friends in the community that were in walking distance or a bicycle ride away, so that I socialized and did a lot of things that children do in their early years.

You cannot add to the peace and good will of the world if you fail to create an atmosphere of harmony and love right where you live and work.