I have a dream that one day little black boys and girls will be holding hands with little white boys and girls.

Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can. Of course, I could be wrong.

A lot of legends, a lot of people, have come before me. But this is my time.

We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.

Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious.

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions.

If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are.

The starting point of all achievement is desire.

Our life is what our thoughts make it.

It is only when the mind is free from the old that it meets everything anew, and in that there is joy.

I believe that every person is born with talent.

Find out who you are and do it on purpose.

Don't fear failure. Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.

Above all things, respect yourself.

Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a desire, a dream, a vision.

Be the change that you wish to see in the world.

Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities -- always see them, for they're always there.

If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play.

Make the most of yourself....for that is all there is of you.

A pure hand needs no glove to cover it.