Said will be a little ahead, but done should follow at his heel.

Our business in this world is not to succeed, but to continue to fail, in good spirits.

The majority of the Negroes who took part in the year-long boycott of Montgomery's buses were poor and untutored; but they understood the essence of the Montgomery movement. One elderly woman summed it up for the rest. When asked after several weeks of walking whether she was tired, she answered: "My feet is tired, but my soul is at rest."

If you will protest courageously, and yet with dignity and Christian love, when the history books are written in future generations, the historians will have to pause and say, "There lived a great people — a black people — who injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization." This is our challenge and our overwhelming responsibility.

It is easier for most of us to affirm positive behavior than to deal with negative behavior in a positive way.

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.

When he thought he was doing something that made a difference to people, he could bear any burden [Moses]. When he lost that sense of achievement, he became too discouraged to keep on doing the hard things.

Do things for people not because of who they are or what they do in return, but because of who you are

When facing a dilemma, choose the more morally demanding alternative.

I would rather be a Medal of Honor recipient then the President of the United States!

The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a bit of knowledge and it becomes another's, smile at someone and receive a smile in return, are to me continual spiritual exercises.

Every day we make some impact on the planet. And the cumulative effect of millions of small ethical actions will truly make a difference.