Shields Green was not one to shrink from hardships or dangers. He was a man of few words, and his speech was singularly broken; but his courage and self-respect made him quite a dignified character.

It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.

You are not judged by the height you have risen, but from the depth you have climbed.

I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.

There is no negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough, to live up to their own constitution

Education means emancipation. It means light and liberty. It means the uplifting of the soul of man into the glorious light of truth, the light by which men can only be made free.

Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one's thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist. That, of all rights, is the dread of tyrants. It is the right which they first of all strike down.

Without a struggle, there can be no progress.

If there is no struggle, there is no progress.

Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.

The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.

Don't forget to give Neville our love!' Ginny told James as she hugge

We're all colored, or you wouldn't be able to see anyone.

The most important part about playing shows and touring, is connecting with fans. At the end of the day it's not really a band and fans, we're all just human beings.

Do something everyday that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.

Pray like it all depends on God, then when you are done, go work like it all depends on you.

If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday.

Great. I've made a friend.

Close friends love you for who you are; not what they want you to be.

Without self awareness we are as babies in the cradles.

Alas, their love may be call'd appetite. No motion of the liver, but the palate