If there is anybody in this land who thoroughly believes that the meek shall inherit the earth they have not often let their presence be known.

Either America will destroy ignorance or ignorance will destroy the United States.

There is in this world no such force as the force of a person determined to rise. The human soul cannot be permanently chained.

Children learn more from what you are than what you teach.

Strive for that greatness of spirit that measures life not by its disappointments but by its possibilities.

There is no force equal to a woman determined to rise

Nothing in the world is easier in the United States than to accuse a black man of crime.

We must complain. Yes, plain, blunt complaint, ceaseless agitation, unfailing exposure of dishonesty and wrong - this is the ancient, unerring way to liberty and we must follow it.

To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships.

I am especially glad of the divine gift of laughter: it has made the world human and lovable, despite all its pain and wrong.

Education must not simply teach work-it must teach life.

Just because as human beings, what we can't have is what we reply in our head over and over again before we go to sleep.

The sad thing is, I never wanted to be Princess Leia - I always wanted to be Han Solo!

No doubt, when modesty was made a virtue, it was a very advantageous thing for the fools, for everybody is expected to speak of himself as if he were one.

A person who can write a long letter with ease, cannot write ill.

I'd always loved hip-hop.

Leave as little to chance as possible. Preparation is the key to success.

When people say they are looking for happiness, I ask, What are you giving to the world?

All service ranks the same with God,- With God, whose puppets, best and worst, Are we: there is no last nor first.

If a person has ten habits out of which nine are good and one bad, that bad one will destroy the good ones.

When you're in Los Angeles, everybody you meet is writing a movie, and they want you to be in it. Every cab driver is writing a movie!