You'd better stay determined, because that's how our ancestors got us where we are.

A lot of people are waiting for Martin Luther King or Mahatma Gandhi to come back - but they are gone. We are it. It is up to us. It is up to you.

We must always refill and ensure there is a critical mass of leaders and activists committed to nonviolence and racial and economic justice who will keep seeding and building transforming movements.

If we don't stand up for children, then we don't stand for much.

No person has the right to rain on your dreams.

I don't care what my children choose to do professionally, just as long as within their choices they understand they've got to give something back.

Be grateful for good breaks and kind favors but don't count on them.