Only a life lived for others is the life worth while.

Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn one's back on life.

To remain neutral, in a situation where the laws of the land virtually criticized God for having created men of color, was the sort of thing I could not, as a Christian, tolerate.

Treat us like men, and there is no danger but we will all live in peace and happiness together. For we are not like you, hard hearted, unmerciful, and unforgiving. What a happy country this will be, if the whites will listen.

Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. It s courage that counts.

God doesn't require us to succeed, he only requires that you try

The very essence of romance is uncertainty.

The older I grow, the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.

We loved with a love that was more than love.

I'm not interested in money. I only want to be wonderful.