You cannot always control the powers-that-be. You just have to have faith and stand by the things you believe in.

you must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.

To bring about change, you must not be afraid to take the first step. We will fail when we fail to try.

I believe there is only one race - the human race.

Stand for something or you will fall for anything. Today's mighty oak is yesterday's nut that held its ground.

Nothing in the Golden Rule says that others will treat us as we have treated them. It only says that we must treat others in a way that we would want to be treated.

One person can change the world.

What really matters is not whether we have problems, but how we go through them. We must keep going on to make it through whatever we are facing.

I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free... so other people would be also free.

People always say that I didn’t give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn’t true. No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.

As long as people use tactics to oppress or restrict other people from being free, there is work to be done.

So let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself - nameless unreasoning unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.

Death is never an ending, death is a change; Death is beautiful, for death is strange; Death is one dream out of another flowing.

One of the major reasons why people are not doing well is because they keep trying to get through the day. A more worthy challenge is to try to get from the day.

The best fortune that can fall to a man is that which corrects his defects and makes up for his failings.

My respect for the inconsiderable is assuming gigantic dimensions.

Actually, I am kind of busy right now,” I drawled as I settled back into the chair and closed my eyes. “You have to make melanin while the sun shines.

I've got a very behind-the-scenes personality. I don't know how I became a performer. I like to stay discreet, out of the public eye, very low-key.

Love’s easy. It kind of comes with the territory. But liking is another story.

Into the field of Yellow flowers The red setting sun!

Art is sexy! Art is money-sexy! Art is money-sexy-social-climbing-fantastic!