Without a vision the people perish, but without courage dreams die.

I believe we are here on the planet Earth to live, grow up and do what we can to make this world a better place for all people to enjoy freedom.

I had felt for a long time, that if I was ever told to get up so a white person could sit, that I would refuse to do so.

I thought of Emmett Till, and when the bus driver ordered me to move to the back, I just couldn’t move.

There is work to do; that is why I cannot stop or sit still. As long as a child needs help, as long as people are not free, there will be work to do. As long as an elderly person is attacked or in need of support, there is work to do. As long as we have bigotry and crime, we have work to do.

I do the very best I can to look upon life with optimism and hope and looking forward to a better day.

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