There is in this world no such force as the force of a person determined to rise. The human soul cannot be permanently chained.

Either America will destroy ignorance or ignorance will destroy the United States.

Children learn more from what you are than what you teach.

Strive for that greatness of spirit that measures life not by its disappointments but by its possibilities.

There is no force equal to a woman determined to rise

Nothing in the world is easier in the United States than to accuse a black man of crime.

We must complain. Yes, plain, blunt complaint, ceaseless agitation, unfailing exposure of dishonesty and wrong - this is the ancient, unerring way to liberty and we must follow it.

To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships.

I am especially glad of the divine gift of laughter: it has made the world human and lovable, despite all its pain and wrong.

Education must not simply teach work-it must teach life.

I most sincerely doubt if any other race of women could have brought its fineness up through so devilish a fire.

May your life be illuminated by a spark of divinity.

In football, side netting can sometimes look like a real goal and it can make spectators jubilate for a moment, and then ponder! So is life!

It is not what we learn in conversation that enriches us. It is the elation that comes of swift contact with tingling currents of thought.

Never say there’s no hope. Hope disappears only when you say there’s no hope.

Confusing speculation with investment is always a mistake.

Cause see they call me a menace; and if the shoe fits I'll wear it.

He liked to go from A to B without inventing letters between.

Beauty is nothing but the beginning of terror, which we are still just able to endure, and we are so awed because it serenely disdains to annihilate us.

Invite Tranquility The sea,-- Something to look at When we are angry.

People tell me I look good these days. I look good because I feel good. I know people who are older than I am who are twenty-five... It's all about attitude. To me, age is just a number.