Do not let it be your aim to be something, but to be someone.

If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with.

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.

Cultivate your curves - they may be dangerous but they won't be avoided.

Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.

People don't realize how a man's whole life can be changed by one book.

I know in my heart that man is good, that what is right will always eventually triumph, and there is purpose and worth to each and every life.

No one is free who has not obtained the empire of himself. No man is free who cannot command himself.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.

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

I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ...

We're lost, but we're making good time

You must find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible.

Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire

The best way out is always through.

Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it!

Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.

Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.