We blacks look for leadership in men and women of such youth and inexperience, as well as poverty of education and character, that it is no wonder that we sometimes seem rudderless.... We see basketball players and pop singers as possible role models, when nothing could be further, in most cases, from their capacities.

When we were together, I loved you deeply and you gave me so much happiness I can never repay you.

Someone once told me that God figured that I was a pretty good juggler. I could keep a lot of balls in the air at one time. So He said, "Let's see if he can juggle another one."

We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy.

I'm learning to use others' weaknesses. I don't hammer a man's soft spot constantly, because he may strengthen it. I just save it as a trump up my sleeve for moments when I really need a point.

I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting.

It doesn't have to glitter to be gold.