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

Nothing in the Golden Rule says that others will treat us as we have treated them. It only says that we must treat others in a way that we would want to be treated.

What really matters is not whether we have problems, but how we go through them. We must keep going on to make it through whatever we are facing.

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

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.

When I see the leadership roles black women are taking today I am very encouraged.

The time had just come when I had been pushed as far as I could stand to be pushed.