Every man is our brother, and every man’s burden is our own. Where poverty exists, all are poorer. Where hate flourishes, all are corrupted. Where injustice reins, all are unequal.

It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be prepared.

The hardest work in the world is being out of work.

Support the strong, give courage to the timid, remind the indifferent, and warn the opposed.

No race has a monopoly on vice or virtue, and the worth of an individual is not related to the color of his skin.

The unhealthy gap between what we preach in America and what we often practice creates a moral dry rot that eats at the very foundation of our democratic ideals and values.

Stretch your mind and fly.

We create an environment where it is alright to hate, to steal, to cheat, and to lie if we dress it up with symbols of respectability, dignity and love.

Liberalism seems to be related to the distance people are from the problem.

Black is beautiful when it is a slum kid studying to enter college, when it is a man learning new skills for a new job. . . .

Our ability to create has outreached our ability to use wisely the products of our invention.

It is a woman's business to get married as soon as possible and a man's to keep unmarried as long as he can.

In the great flood of human life that is spawned upon the earth, it is not often that a man is born.

I love photography. I like to write. I like coaching. I've made jewelry. I'm very creative.

Any survey of the free world's defense structure cannot fail to impart a feeling of regret that so much of our effort and resources must be devoted to armaments.

The necessary and wise subordination of the military to civil power must be sustained.

One of the high points of my career was winning the Grammy for 'I Will Survive.'

Leaders who fail to prune their pride will meet demise. That's not a guess, it's a guarantee. With pride, it's not a matter of 'if' we will fall, but 'when.' There are no exceptions.

Other men's crosses are not my crosses.

The worst is knowing I can't tell anybody what's happening -or what's happened- to me. Not even my mom.

There is so much we can do to render service, to make a difference in the world - no matter how large or small our circle of influence.