Though you may hear me holler, And you may see me cry--I'll be dogged, sweet baby, If you gonna see me die.

Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.

I'm so tired of waiting, aren't you, for the world to become good and beautiful and kind?

The only way to get a thing done is to start to do it, then keep on doing it, and finally you'll finish it.

A world I dream where black or white, Whatever race you be, Will share the bounties of the Earth And every man is free.

When a man starts out to build a world, He starts first with himself

Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed - Let it be that great strong land of love Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme That any man be crushed by one above.

I tire so of hearing people say, Let things take their course. Tomorrow is another day. I do not need my freedom when I'm dead. I cannot live on tomorrow's bread.

I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go.

Negroes - Sweet and docile, Meek, humble, and kind: Beware the day - They change their mind.

What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? ... Or does it explode?

Patience is a bitter plant but it has sweet fruit.

Being in the design industry, I've tended to meet more people who are affected by HIV and AIDS.

Divorce is never easy, but it’s even more painful when you find out your husband is having an affair with a beautiful model fifteen years younger than you.

Concentration is the creation of the instrument; meditation is the right use of it; contemplation transcends it.

There are powers that can counterfeit almost everything in the Christian life.

Making music is a wonderful way to spend your life, but do it for the love before a career. Enjoy it.

It used to be that a movie star would have a 20-year career. Now if you get three to five years, you're lucky.

I try not to think. It interferes with being nuts" - Leo Valdez

Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to inquiry. When we consider a book, we mustn't ask ourselves what it says but what it means.

Many a painter has lived in affluence, in high esteem, who lacked the divine spark, and who is utterly forgotten to-day.