You cannot always control the powers-that-be. You just have to have faith and stand by the things you believe in.

As long as there is unemployment, war, crime and all things that go to the infliction of man's inhumanity to man, regardless - there is much to be done, and people need to work together.

I'd see the bus pass every day… But to me, that was a way of life; we had no choice but to accept what was the custom. The bus was among the first ways I realized there was a black world and a white world.

People always say that I didn’t give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn’t true. No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.

I knew someone had to take the first step. So I made up my mind not to move.

I did not get on the bus to get arrested. I got on the bus to go home.

To bring about change, you must not be afraid to take the first step. We will fail when we fail to try.