A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
I'm stronger than I think I am. Mentally, physically.
Do not put cleverness in front of the communication.
It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.
I had no experience with broadcasting basketball games, so I took a tape recorder and went to a playground where there was a summer league, and I stood up in the top of the stands and I called the game.
This generation has given up on growth. They're just hoping for survival.
By nonviolent resistance, the Negro can also enlist all men of good will in his struggle for equality.
It is not death that we wish to avoid, but life that we wish to live.
Many paths lead from the foot of the mountain, but at the peak we all gaze at the single bright moon.
What other people label or might try to call failure, I have learned is just God's way of pointing you in a new direction
All you have to do is to pay attention; lessons always arrive when you are ready, and if you can read the signs, you will learn everything you need to know in order to take the next step
There are three values: Feel good, be good and do good.
Being born on the earth is the highest honor and greatest privilege. To be alive as human beings gives us the chance to pull off exquisite and Herculean feats of magic that are not possible in nirvana or heaven or any other so-called paradise, higher dimension, or better place,being alive right now is the greatest gift i got from God.
A man's life is interesting primarily when he has failed - I well know. For it's a sign that he tried to surpass himself.
My future is righteousness.
Being a parent wasn't just about bearing a child. It was about bearing witness to its life.
A lot of people say they want to get out of pain, and I'm sure that's true, but they aren't willing to make healing a high priority. They aren't willing to look inside to see the source of their pain in order to deal with it.
Our doubts are traitors and make us lose the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.
You cannot wait until everything becomes better before you decide to have a good attitude. You have to be the best you can be right where you are.
And always remember the ultimate truth: life is not about money, it's about emotion.