The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.

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

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

How long should you try? Until.

When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionably.

When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.

Find out who you are. And do it on purpose.

If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with.

March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life's path.

We were a family who had come from nothing and now we had respect from French people of all sorts.

Never tell all you know-not even to the person you know best.

Nobody can hurt me without my permission.

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

Do not look for approval except for the consciousness of doing your best.

Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.

All thinking men are atheists.

It is only when the mind is free from the old that it meets everything anew, and in that there is joy.

Winning isn't everything but wanting to win is.