“To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.”

Be the change that you wish to see in the world.

My Life is My Message.

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed.

In a gentle way, you can shake the world.

Fearlessness is the first requisite of spirituality. Cowards can never be moral.

It is easier to build a boy than to mend a man.

You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is like an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.

You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is like an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

It is unwise to be too sure of one’s own wisdom.

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

There is no school equal to a decent home and no teacher equal to a virtuous parent.

You don’t know who is important to you until you actually lose them.

Nonviolence is a weapon of the strong.

Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.

We must reject the idea that every time a law’s broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.

The weakest man is the one who is able to correct his moral defects, but doesn’t take action.

Poetry is an act of peace.

We must exercise ourselves in the things which bring happiness, since, if that be present, we have everything, and, if that be absent, all our actions are directed toward attaining it.

Love is cheering and sharing and compassion and giving and receiving. Love is an action thing more than a word thing, that brings comfort or joy or relief to anyone or anything.

We are born to action; and whatever is capable of suggesting and guiding action has power over us from the first.

Anything lost, can be found again, except for time wasted. A vision without action is merely a dream. Action, it’s the grind, it’s the hustle, it’s the persistence.

Whites would accuse you of causing trouble when all you were doing was acting like a normal human being instead of cringing.