“Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education.”

Not only will we have to repent for the sins of bad people; but we also will have to repent for the appalling silence of good people.

If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

It is cheerful to God when you rejoice or laugh from the bottom of your heart.

There is no gain without struggle.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

A lie cannot live.

We must use time creatively – and forever realize that the time is always hope to do great things.

A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.

Quietly endure, silently suffer and patiently wait.

I have a dream that one day little black boys and girls will be holding hands with little white boys and girls.

Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.

True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.

There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.

Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.

We will be humble as we are obedient, and as obedient as we are humble.

Did you ever think how a bit of land shows the character of the owner?

What you leave in your children, is more important than what you leave to them.

It takes character to sit there with all that cash and do nothing. I didn’t get to where I am by going after mediocre opportunities.

God will not protect you from anything that will make you more like Jesus.

I never wanted to be on any billionaires list. I never define myself by net worth. I always try to define myself by my values.

Character supersedes talent. Don’t allow your talent to take you where your character can’t sustain you.

There is more story in a minor character like Boba Fett than there is in all the clutter of various vampires in the Twilight franchise.