“The impression that you are a demigod worried me. I wanted to be like an ordinary human being with virtues and vices.”

One cannot be prepared for something while secretly believing it will not happen.

It is not beyond our power to create a world in which all children have access to a good education.

You will achieve more in this world through acts of mercy than you will through acts of retribution.

Tread softly, Brathe peacefully, Laugh hysterically.

Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.

Remember to celebrate milestones as you prepare for the road ahead.

Great peacemakers are all people of integrity, of honesty, but humility.

Our fear is not that we are inadequate, but that we are powerful beyond measure.

Political division, based on color, is entirely artificial; and when it disappears, so will the domination of one color group by another.

Where you stand depends on where you sit.

We know it well that none of us acting alone can achieve success.

Appearances matter – and remember to smile.

The brave man is not the one who has no fears, he is the one who triumphs over his fears.

Honour belongs to those who never forsake the truth even when things seem dark and grim, who try over and over again, who are never discouraged by insults, humiliation and even defeat.

We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.

No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion.