We must speak with all the humility that is appropriate to our limited vision, but we must speak.

If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.

Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.

The time is always right to do what is right.

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.

The time is always right to do the right thing.

You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true.

It's not the violence of the few that scares me, it's the silence of the many

There are two men inside the artist, the poet and the craftsman. One is born a poet. One becomes a craftsman.

You have no idea how much pain I'm in. It's like being cut open every day, bleeding onto the stones. I can't understand how any of you failed to see the blood.

You must neither completely nor partially copy the art of others. If so, you will be producing kitsch.

I'm happy to be making my first appearance on air professionally. By that I mean I'm finally getting paid, which I know will be a great relief to my creditors.

Last night I went out for Chinese. I picked up a Team USA Olympic uniform.

It is time for a new generation of leadership, to cope with new problems and new opportunities. For there is a new world to be won.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambition.

In any commersial setting time comes in three forms. There's real time, there's perceived time, and there's a combination of two.

I don't think I'm a political songwriter as much as I am just a political person. I think it's in my fabric.

True kindness is rooted in a deep sense of abundance, out of which flows a sense that even as I give, it is being given back to me.