There may often be excuse for doing things poorly in this world, but there is never any excuse for calling a poorly done thing, well done.

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.

Hope is a gift we give ourselves in our darkest despair.

Most men are not wicked... They are sleep-walkers, not evil evildoers.

Fortune does favor the bold and you'll never know what you're capable of if you don't try.

Compared to eternity, every lapse is short.

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

Martyred many times must be Who would keep his country free.

Better than a thousand hollow words Is one word that brings peace. Better than a thousand hollow verses Is one verse that brings peace.

Usually when a woman is 60, it's over.

Your husband is the boss - and don't forget it.

He who learns the rules of wisdom, without conforming to them in his life, is like a man who labored in his fields, but did not sow