"

My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more intellige...more

"

My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.

"

I couldn't tell fact from fiction,Or if the dream was trueMy only sure predictionIn this world was you.I'd touch your features inchly. Beard love and ...more

"

One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can...more

"

There is nothing so pitiful as a young cynic because he has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing.

"

There were people who went to sleep last night, poor and rich and white and black, but they will never wake again. And those dead folks would give any...more

"

Courage is the most important of all virtues because without it we can't practice any other virtue with consistency.

"

History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.

"

My life has been long, and believing that life loves the liver of it, I have dared to try many things, sometimes trembling, but daring, still.

"

I believe that the most important single thing, beyond discipline and creativity is daring to dare.

"

It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.

"

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what...more

"

Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtu...more

"

The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even belligerance. It is seldom...more

"

There is nothing quite so tragic as a young cynic, because it means the person has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing.