From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.

My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity.

...I spent many, many hours in...libraries. Libraries became courts of last resort, as it were.

You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.

True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.

Every time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. You never really cancel the fear of losing; you keep challenging it.

I accepted the face that as much as I want to lead others, and love to be around other people, in some essential way, I am something of a loner.