“The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.”

Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.

I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.

You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry.

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.

No man is good enough to govern another man without that other’s consent.

Stand with anyone that is right; stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.

Tact: the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?

To ease another’s heartache is to forget one’s own.

There are no bad pictures; that’s just how your face looks sometimes.

The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is why he made so many of them.

Elections belong to the people. It’s their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters.

Die when I may, I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.

You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.

It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.

Bring your whole self to work. I don’t believe we have a professional self Monday through Friday and a real self the rest of the time. It is all professional and it is all personal.

I strongly believe the black culture spends too much time, energy and effort raising, praising, and teasing our black children about the dubious glories of professional sports.

I believe global warming and climate change are real threats to our planet.

I am fiscally prudent and socially progressive. I believe in protecting a woman’s right to choose. I believe in marriage equality.

I strongly believe the black culture spends too much time, energy and effort raising, praising, and teasing our black children about the dubious glories of professional sports.

The more I lose, the more they believe they can beat me. But believing is not enough, you still have to beat me.

If you’re waiting for someone to believe in you, you’ll be waiting forever. You must believe in yourself.

Hate crimes are the scariest thing in the world because these people really believe what they’re doing is right.