If I am not good to myself, how can I expect anyone else to be good to me?

I thank God that I've lived long enough to see what I have seen, and I pray that people will continue to do better. We are doing better, it may not seem so, but there was a time when people were lynched in the middle of the street and it was not against the law. We are doing better, but we have so much more to do.

Thank you, always say thank you; it's the greatest gift you can give someone; because thank you is what you say to God.

Continue. Be loving and be strong. Be fierce and be kind. And don't give in and don't give up.'

I had to trust life and believe that life loved the person who dared to live it.

But from a distance. I would have left you whole and wholly for the delectation of those who wanted more and cared less.

Dr. [Martin Luther] King was a human being. He had a sense of humor which was wonderful.