"A problem is a chance for you to do your best."

"Always remember you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world'"

"As I give, I get."

"As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold the person down, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might."

"Be passionate and move forward with gusto every single hour of every single day until you reach your goal."

"Cease to be a drudge, seek to be an artist."

"Character, not circumstances, makes the person."

"Children see things very well sometimes--and idealists even better."

"Differences can be a stregth rather than a handicap."

"Don't ever let someone tell you , you can't do something."

"Don't look back. Something may be gaining on you."

"Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them."

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."

"Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today."

"Every race and every nation should be judged by the best it has been able produce, not by the worst."

"Freedom is never given; it is won"

"Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition he or she has overcome to reach his goals."

"Happiness doesn't result from what we get, but from what we give."

"Hearts are the strongest when they beat in response to noble ideals."

"History has shown us that courage can be contaigious and hope can take on a life of its own."

"I decided to open a flying school and teach other black women to fly."

"I don't sing a song unless I feel it. The song don't tug at my heart, I pass on it. I have to believe in what I'm doing."

"I feel it is the heart, not the eye, that should determine the content of the photograph. What the eye sees is its own. What the heart can perceive is a very different matter."

"I really think a champion is defined not by their wins but by how they can recover when they fall."

"I started with this idea in my head, "There's two things I'ne got a right to, death or liberty."

"I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that's how I operate my life."

"I will not take BUT for an answer"

"If not us, then who? If not now, then when?"

"If now isn't a good time for the truth I don't see when we'll get to it."

"If there is no struggle, there is no progress."

"If we laugh and sing a little it makes it all go easier. I will not allow my life's light to be determined by the darkness around me."

"If you talk to a man in a language he understands that goes to his head, if you talk to in his language, that goes to his heart"

"If you want to lift yourself lift up someone else."

"If your Dreams don't scare you, they aren't big enough."

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

"It isn't where you come from, it's where you're going that counts."

"It's better to look ahead and prepare, than to look back and regret."

"I've failed over and over again in my life. And that is why I Succeed."

"Just because a man lacks the use of his eyes doesn't mean he lacks vision."

"Just because you can't see anything, doesn't mean you should shut your eyes."

"Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens."

"Life is not a spectator sport."

"Man cannot live by profit alone."

"My hope for my children must be that they respond to the still, small voice of God in their own hearts."

"Nobody's free until Everybody's free

"Once you know who you are, you don't have to worry anymore."

"Say it loud. I'm black and I'm proud."

"Success isn't about how much money you make, it's about the difference you make in people's lives."

"The determination to outwit one's situation means that one has no models, only object lessons."

"The future rewards those who press on. I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I don't have time to complain."

"The kind of beauty I want most in the hard-to-get kind that comes from within--strength, courage, dignity"

"The pasts of his ancestors lean against Him. Crowd him. Fog out his identity

"The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them."

"There is no shortcut to achievement."

"Those who say it can't be done are usually interrupted by others doing it."

"Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things."

"To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you're not, pretend you are."

"Try to be a Rainbow in Someone's Cloud."

"Walk away from friendships that make you feel small and insecure, and seek out people who inspire you and support you."

"We may come from different places and have different stories, but we share common hopes, and one very American dream."

"When they go Low, We go High"

"When you control a man's thinking you do not have to worry about his actions."

"Without faith, nothing is possible. With it, Nothing is Impossible."

"Yes we can!"

"You may write me down in history with your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I'll rise

"Your victory is right around the corner. Never give up."

"You're either part of the solution or part of the problem."

"You're either right or you're wrong"