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

Racism is not an excuse to not do the best you can.

Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.

I may not be walking with you all the way, or even much of the way, as I walk with you now.

I have become convinced that we blacks spend too much time on the playing field and too little time in libraries.

The best way to judge a life is to ask yourself, "Did I make the best use of the time I had?

I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my best to keep my boat steady and my sails full.