My time in prison only deepened my resolve against apartheid. Even while I was in prison, I fought against it, teaching my cellmates about white supremacy and how to fight against it.

A winner is a dreamer who never gives up

Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.

I never lose. Either I win or learn.

It always seems impossible until it's done.

Lead from the back and let others believe they are in front.

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will.

Give a child love, laughter and peace, not AIDS.

Only free men can negotiate. A prisoner cannot enter into contracts.

Fools multiply when wise men are silent.

You cannot become successful all by yourself.

There is absolutely no way for a sitcom to be a challenge to me.

Satan can imitate God, but he cannot duplicate Him - God is the only One who can deliver us from our pain and suffering.

You mistake patience for forbearance.

I always found the Chicago audience to be a smart, fast-moving, violent and cheerful lot, and it's always good to be back.

Cartoonist Walt Disney has made the twentieth century's only important contribution to music. Disney has made use of music as language.

Everyone is beautiful in their own way, in and out and you have no right to tell them otherwise.

Judiciary is where my passion is.

A distinctly ordinary player of extraordinary dirtiness.

I'd hate to imply that it's your civic duty to see The House I Live In, but guess what it is.