One of the great liabilities of history is that all too many people fail to remain awake through great periods of social change.

If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.

Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude.

The time is always right to do what is right.

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.

The time is always right to do the right thing.

You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true.

It's not the violence of the few that scares me, it's the silence of the many

Soon, the two of them would leave this spot. . . walk into the house and into a whole changed world. . .

It may have happened, it may not have happened but it could have happened.

I'm a football fan, a sports fan, a fan of competition.

Look at the results of regime change in Iraq. You can't possibly claim that it was successful.

Unlike most major American cities, Honolulu is geographically insulated from the rest of the country. When disaster strikes we cannot call on neighboring states for assistance.

My appearance is talking and I like what it is saying.

Writers are notorious for using any reason to keep from working: over-researching, retyping, going to meetings, waxing the floors - anything.

I achieved perfection, my type of perfection - visual storytelling. Storytelling was my style.

I have the obsessiveness of someone who's a sober, recovering addict displacing his addiction. Except I never had the addiction.

There is nothing gray about whether a follower of Christ should see 50 Shades of Grey. This is a black and white issue. Don’t go. Don’t watch it. Don’t read it. Don’t rent it.