If I can help somebody as I pass along, if I can cheer somebody with a word or song, if I can show somebody he's traveling wrong, then my living will not be in vain.

If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.

Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.

The time is always right to do what is right.

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.

The time is always right to do the right thing.

You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true.

It's not the violence of the few that scares me, it's the silence of the many

Realize the self of yourself.

People will never respond to you more positively than when you seek to make your impact felt at the human level.

There are things that you cannot talk to your mother and father about, there are things that you cannot talk to your children about.

I love my brothers' kids. It's funny - as an uncle, you become so protective of them.

Nothing bigger can come to a human being than to love a great cause more than life itself.

When luck is on your side it is not the time to be modest or timid. It is the time to go for the biggest success you can possibly achieve.

I knew what leukemia and lymphoma were, but I had never heard of multiple myeloma.

For he that feeds men serveth few; He serves all who dares be true.

I absolutely intend to return every penny given to me by my Democratic colleagues and Democratic leaders

I make my decisions and my judgments not based on what a prime minister of another country says, but based on what my principles tell me... how may DNA guides me.