It is not enough to fight. It is the spirit which we bring to the fight that decides the issue. It is morale that wins the victory.

When a thing is done, it's done. Don't look back. Look forward to your next objective.

What other people do shouldn't affect you - we do things because of the kind of person we each want to be

Passive inactivity, because you have not been given specific instructions to do this or to do that, is a serious deficiency.

Wars are bred by poverty and oppression. Continued peace is possible only in a relatively free and prosperous world.

The only way human beings can win a war is to prevent it.

We are determined that before the sun sets on this terrible struggle, Our Flag will be recognized throughout the World as a symbol of Freedom on the one hand and of overwhelming force on the other.

Morale is the state of mind. It is steadfastness and courage and hope.

Democracy is the most demanding of all forms of government in terms of the energy, imagination, and public spirit required of the individual.

Military power wins battles, but spiritual power wins wars.

I don't want you fellows sitting around asking me what to do. I want you to tell me what to do.

It's not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.

May you will have the grace to complete the task.

When we are true to ourselves, all that is toxic and burdensome simply falls away

Environments are the messages before the message.

I'm a black American playwright. I couldn't be anything else. I make my art out of black American culture; they're all cut out of the same cloth. That's who I am; that's who I write about.

Dignity of position adds to dignity of character, as well as to dignity of carriage. Give us a proud position, and we are impelled to act up to it.

I don't have any extraordinary gifts. I'm just an average Joe who grew up very poor in rural Alabama.

There’s an opportunity cost to everything.

Now I'm free of him and I'm light as a feather. There's no weight holding me down; I'm ready to spread my wings and fly.

Whenever you hear a politician carry on about what a mess the schools are, be aware that you are looking at the culprit.