Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by it

If you have a purpose in which you can believe, there's no end to the amount of things you can accomplish.

You lose a lot of time, hating people.

When I sing, I don't want them to see that my face is black; I don't want them to see that my face is white - I want them to see my soul. And that is colorless.

As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

Prejudice: Sometimes it's like a hair across your cheek. You can't see it, you can't find it with your fingers, but you keep brushing at it because the feel of it is irritating.

Every one has a gift for something, even if it is the gift of being a good friend.

Fear is a disease that eats away at logic and makes man inhuman.

None of us is responsible for the complexion of his skin. This fact of nature offers no clue to the character or quality of the person underneath.

When you stop having dreams and ideals - well, you might as well stop altogether.

Prayer begins where human capacity ends.

God has been FAITHFUL to me, that why I have FAITH in Him.

That voice that cries out doesn't have to be a weakling's does it?

When you want something to move out of your life, don't focus on it. Give attention to what you want.

No one is perfect no matter how hard they pretend they are, so don’t compare yourself to them, ” Will says.

I love the rehearsal process in the theatre, and the visceral sense of contact and communication with a live audience.

Idealism in the young, I guess I'm saying, is curiosity as well as goodness trying to express itself.

Well, I think the Republican Party is the more populist party.

Teaching thinking for just five hours to unemployed youngsters increased employment 500 percent.

Eclecticism. Every truth is so true that any truth must be false.

She felt herself needing more and more sleep. When she awoke in the morning, she thought of when she might lie down again - and when she would sleep. She started going to the movies.