Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.
Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.
I have a dream that one day little black boys and girls will be holding hands with little white boys and girls.
I think nature's imagination Is so much greater than man's, she's never going to let us relax.
Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.
Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other.
The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it and join the dance.
I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.
The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.
I'd rather be an optimist and a fool than a pessimist and right.
Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.
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.
When all is said and done, more is said than done.
I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they will be moved to act.
There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.
There is a candle in your heart, ready to be kindled. There is a void in your soul, ready to be filled. You feel it, don’t you?
We could all take a lesson from crayons: some are sharp, some are beautiful, some have weird names, and all are different colors, but they still learn to live in the same box...
When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on
My advice to other disabled people would be, concentrate on things your disability doesn't prevent you doing well, and don't regret the things it interferes with. Don't be disabled in spirit as well as physically.
He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life
In a conflict between the heart and the brain, follow your heart.