We are powerful because we have survived

It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.

When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.

There is no thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives.

Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.

When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.

If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive.

I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.

Tomorrow belongs to those of us who conceive of it as belonging to everyone; who lend the best of ourselves to it, and with joy.

I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood.

If I cannot air this pain and alter it, I will surely die of it. That's the beginning of social protest.

The one great art is that of making a complete human being of oneself.

There will never be complete satisfaction in the life, satisfaction is an illusion, there is only heroism.

Do not let fear keep you on the sidelines. Your number has been called, get in the game! It is your time to shine.

To see her is to love her And love but her forever For Nature made her what she is And never made another.

The cry of a young raven is nothing but the natural cry of a creature but your cry if it be sincere is the result of a work of grace in your heart.

In school, many of us procrastinate and then successfully cram for tests. We get the grades and degrees we need to get the jobs we want, even if we fail to get a good general education.

I destroy my enemy if I make him my friend.

We must fight to carry out his radical and bold vision for America.

The prevailing view is that the easy way to stimulate economic growth is to have a low currency.

History can tell us what happened in the past. But it cannot assert that it must happen again in the future.