If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.
Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.
When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat.
What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.
We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.
There is no such thing as part freedom.
There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.
There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires.
There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children.
There are times when a leader must move out ahead of the flock, go off in a new direction, confident that he is leading his people the right way.
Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.
Real leaders must be ready to sacrifice all for the freedom of their people.