We've got to work to save our children and do it with full respect for the fact that if we do not, no one else is going to do it.

Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition he or she has overcome to reach his goals.

Progress comes from caring more about what needs to be done than about who gets the credit

Civil rights are civil rights. There are no persons who are not entitled to their civil rights... We have to recognize that we have a long way to go, but we have to go that way together.

When you're a black woman, you seldom get to do what you just want to do; you always do what you have to do.

Without community service, we would not have a strong quality of life. It's important to the person who serves as well as the recipient. It's the way in which we ourselves grow and develop.

There is no contradiction between effective law enforcement and respect for civil and human rights.

My mother helped me understand how not to show off what I knew, but how to use it so that others might benefit.

If the time is not ripe, we have to ripen the time.

No one will do for you what you need to do for yourself. We cannot afford to be separate. We have to see that all of us are in the same boat.

If you worry about who is going to get credit, you don't get much work done.

Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.

A simple thought can transform you forever. So cultivate beautiful thoughts, ugliness never.

I am a happy healthy soul by divine grace.

My whole life, I prepared to come down in order to save the world above.. Now I have to ascend to save the world below..

I don't care how small or big they are, insects freak me out.

Having stopped expecting truth, we rarely get it.

he kissed me hard. "Promise me. Promise me you'll spend New Year's with me next year," he whispered into my ear.

Hope is an adventure, a going forward, a confident search for a rewarding life.

We are so busy constantly checking our own temperatures, we fail to notice the burning fevers of others.

I am not interested in shock tactics. I just want to make beautiful clothes.