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

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

Courage isn't having the strength to go on - it is going on when you don't have strength.

The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.

There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.

For every dark night, there's a brighter day

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.

He that can have patience can have what he will.

You shape your own destiny.

The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.

We need never be ashamed of our tears.

No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain.

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

It's not whether you got knocked down; it's whether you get back up.

Today I shall behave, as if this is the day I will be remembered.

I will never be by violence constrained to do anything.

It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.

To attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.

Great work requires great and persistent effort for a long time. … Character has to be established through a thousand stumbles.