Ideas must work through the brains and arms of good and brave men, or they are no better than dreams

There is always safety in valor

Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.

Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.

People want to follow someone with convictions, not questions. Smooth eloquence can never take the place of unwavering belief.

It took guts to ignore public opinion and do what you thought was right.

No retreat. No reserves. No regrets.' These were the same phrases Patrick had written in his Bible,

To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funnybone."—Reba McEntire

Has helped bring it home to me how fragile life is - and how necessary it is to concentrate on the essentials. No matter what happens to you, if you can draw strength from God and the people you love, nothing can ever defeat you.

I have never known Frances to complain once of my Church responsibilities. I have been gone many days and many nights, and I have rarely been able to sit with her in the congregation. But there is no one like her - absolutely no one. She is in every way supportive and is a woman of quiet and profoundly powerful faith.

With The King Center as her base, my mother pressed on to fulfill a role that changed lives and legislation. She was a woman who refused to surrender the reigns of what she knew to be her assignment, even when male civil rights and business leaders tried to convince her that she should leave the work of building her husband's legacy to them.

Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it; courage which arises from a sense of duty acts; in a uniform manner.