You must always know the past, for there is no real Was, there is only Is.

You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.

Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world...would do this, it would change the earth.

To understand the world, you must first understand a place like Mississippi.

Unless you're ashamed of yourself now and then, you're not honest

We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.

Given the choice between the experience of pain and nothing, I would choose pain.

Don't do what you can do - try what you can't do.

There is no such thing as bad whiskey. Some whiskeys just happen to be better than others. But a man shouldn't fool with booze until he's fifty; then he's a damn fool if he doesn't.

Memory believes before knowing remembers. Believes longer than recollects, longer than knowing even wonders.

To live anywhere in the world today and be against equality because of race or color is like living in Alaska and being against snow.

The Gospel is about what Jesus did, not what we have to do.

Muddled minds read him, and found themselves moving with delight in a world of clarity.

Do not live WITH what you had done...Live FOR what you have to do.

The Christian's Bible is a drug store. Its contents remain the same, but the medical practice changes.

Moving, be like water. Still, be like a mirror. Respond like an echo.

To me, character in a person is judged by the decisions that are made under pressure.

Who hastens a glutton choakes him.

I like my squishy, red, high-heeled Vivienne Westwood jelly shoes. They make you seem like you're much more of a go-er.

Come into my eyes, and look at me through them, for I have chosen a home far beyond what eyes can see.

Everybody, male or female, needs to possess qualities that they expect others to uphold. Being aware of yourself and your actions allows you to assess your shortcomings in an honest way.