Words are things. You must be careful, careful about calling people out of their names, using racial pejoratives and sexual pejoratives and all that ignorance. Don’t do that. Some day we’ll be able to measure the power of words. I think they are things. They get on the walls. They get in your wallpaper. They get in your rugs, in your upholstery, and your clothes, and finally in to you.

My work is to be honest. My work is to try to think clearly, then have the courage to make sure that what I say is the truth.

The real difficulty is to overcome how you think about yourself.

We are all human; therefore, nothing human can be alien to us.

Stormy or sunny days, glorious or lonely nights, I maintain an attitude of gratitude.

You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies. You may trod me in the very dirt, but still like dust, I'll rise.

A leader sees greatness in other people. He nor she can be much of a leader if all she sees is herself.