For nearly a century, the South made itself believe that Negroes and white people were really communicating. So convinced of this were the white Southerners that they almost made the nation believe that they, and only they, knew the mind of the Southern Negro.

A child must learn early to believe that she is somebody worthwhile, and that she can do many praiseworthy things.

Every man and woman is born into the world to do something unique and something distinctive and if he or she does not do it, it will never be done.

I believe everyone is born into the world to do something unique and distinctive.

The tragedy of life is not found in failure but complacency. Not in you doing too much, but doing too little. Not in you living above your means, but below your capacity. It's not failure but aiming too low, that is life's greatest tragedy.

Failure isn't in not reaching your goal but in having no goal to reach.

Man is what his dreams are.