Beat me, hate me, you can never break me.

As a wise man once said, 'If not us, then who; if not now, then when?'

In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream. And in a world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe.

The foundation of all human knowledge, the beginning of human consciousness, must be that each and every one of us is an object of love. Before you know if you have red hair or brown, before you know if you are black or white, before you know of what religion you are a part, you have to know that you are loved

I'm a black American, I am proud of my race. I am proud of who I am. I have a lot of pride and dignity.

Music is the soundtrack to life. It plays the melody of our being.

Not the stars, not the farthest solar systems, not the millions of different species of animal life, but the child is the greatest of God's creations.