The surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others.

There is such a thing as being too late. This is no time for apathy or complacency. This is a time for vigorous and positive action.

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

Your self-image should not come from the job you do but from how well you do your job.

Don't ever let anyone pull you so low as to hate them. We must use the weapon of love. We must have the compassion and understanding for those who hate us. We must realize so many people are taught to hate us that they are not totally responsible for their hate. But we stand in life at midnight; we are always on the threshold of a new dawn.

We were all involved in the death of John Kennedy. We tolerated hate; we tolerated the sick stimulation of violence in all walks of life; and we tolerated the differential application of law, which said that a man's life was sacred only if we agreed with his views.

And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.