Archived Quotes

We should not give up and

we should not allow the problem to defeat us.

Instructions for living a life: Pay attention.

Be astonished.

Tell about it.

I remember a specific moment,

watching my grandmother,

hang the clothes on the line,

and her saying to me,

you are going to have to learn to do this,

and me being in that space of awareness and knowing,

that my life would not be the same,

as my grandmother's life.

No such thing as a life that’s better than yours.

If men were angels,

no government would be necessary.

Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth.

From a child,

I had an inordinate desire for knowledge and especially music,

painting, flowers, and the sciences,

Algebra being one of my favorite studies.

The faith that stands on authority is not faith.

A friend is an

emotional bond,

just like friendship

is a human experience.

Sometimes I feel I hope

I am not taking advantage

of my stardom.

Leadership is not about popularity.

It is about doing what is right for the country.

Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.

If the great American people will only keep their temper,

on both sides of the line, the troubles will come to an end,

and the question which now distracts the country

will be settled just as surely as all other difficulties of

like character which have originated in this government

have been adjusted.

I haven't spoken to my wife in years.

I didn't want to interrupt her.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery,

I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

Today, Negroes play on every big league club

and in every minor league.

With millions of other Negroes in other walks of life,

we are willing to stand up and be counted for what we believe in.

In baseball or out,

we are no longer willing to wait until Judgment Day for equality

we want it here on earth as well as in Heaven.

Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers.

This is a cruel libel,

even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves.

Don't watch the clock;

do what it does.

Keep going

Sam Levenson

Faith is not feeling.

Faith is knowing that God will do what He says.