Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong.

I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.

Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.

I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it.

What I stand for is what I stand on.

For every dark night, there's a brighter day

To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.

All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.

Whenever a negative thought concerning your personal power comes to mind, deliberately voice a positive thought to cancel it out.

Defeat is not defeat unless accepted as a reality-in your own mind.

To go too far is as bad as to fall short.

The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.

Do not worry about holding high position; worry rather about playing your proper role.

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain.

Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.

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

Life is entrusted to man as a treasure which must not be squandered, as a talent which must be used well.

After all is said and done, more is said than done.

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

I do not want to die rusting, I prefer to burn out.