I would fight for my liberty so long as my strength lasted, and if the time came for me to go, the Lord would let them take me.

If you hear the dogs, keep going. If you see the torches in the woods, keep going. If there's shouting after you, keep going. Don't ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going.

I was the conductor of the Underground Railroad for eight years, and I can say what most conductors can't say; I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger.

Every great dream begins with a dreamer.

I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other.

The Lord who told me to take care of my people meant me to do it just as long as I live, and so I did what he told me.

Lord, I'm going to hold steady on to You and You've got to see me through.

Never wound a snake; kill it.

I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person. There was such a glory over everything. The sun came up like gold through the trees, and over the fields, and I felt like I was in heaven.

I had crossed de line of which I had so long been dreaming. I was free; but dere was no one to welcome me to de land of freedom, I was a stranger in a strange land.

Twant me, 'twas the Lord. I always told him, 'I trust to you. I don't know where to go or what to do, but I expect you to lead me,' and He always did.

Failure after long perseverance is much grander than never to have a striving good enough to be called a failure.

It took being famous to make me cool, which, by the way, I never forgot.

With a recent birthday, I've been acting now for twenty years.

Old houses mended, Cost little less than new before they're ended.

We the people, elect leaders not to rule but to serve

I always wear the shoes of the character a week before going on set; the idea of just putting on a new pair of shoes on the first day of filming is just horrific.

For me, art, and especially music, exist to elevate us as far as possible above everyday existence.

When you open the door which you shut in order to pray to God, the first person you meet as you go out is your neighbour whom you shall love. Wonderful!

Macaulay is well for awhile, but one wouldn't live under Niagara.

Love makes fools of us all, big and little.