Freedom and independence form my character.

You can't learn in school what the world is going to do next year.

Too much sanity may be madness - and the maddest of all is to see life as it is and not as it should be.

If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.

Yelling at living things does tend to kill the spirit in them. Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words will break our hearts...

Wanting to be someone else is a waste of who you are

I am the captain of my soul.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

I have a dream that one day little black boys and girls will be holding hands with little white boys and girls.

It always seems impossible until it's done.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

When all is said and done, more is said than done.

All wealth is the product of labor.

We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.

People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.

The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering.

We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.

They alone live, who live for others.

They deem me mad because I will not sell my days for gold; and I deem them mad because they think my days have a price.

With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.

It's not whether you got knocked down; it's whether you get back up.