Next time I go to a movie and see a picture of a little ordinary girl become a great star… I’ll believe it. And whenever I hear my wife read fairy tales to my little boy, I’ll listen. I know now that dreams do come true.

There's not an American in this country free until every one of us is free.

I don't like needing anyone for anything.

Life is not a spectator sport.

The many of us who attain what we may and forget those who help us along the line we've got to remember that there are so many others to pull along the way. The farther they go, the further we all go.

It's not easy to be a martyr in the field of race relations.

A life isn't significant except for its impact on others' lives.