Archived Quotes

Life is not measured by the breaths we take,

but by the moments that take our breath away.

Concede that the new government of Louisiana

is only to what it should be, as the egg is to the fowl;

we shall sooner have the fowl by hatching the egg

than by smashing it.

Love recognizes no barriers.

I cannot possibly believe that

I have it made while so many black brothers and sisters are hungry,

inadequately housed, insufficiently clothed,

denied their dignity as they live in slums or barely exist on welfare.

Vegetables are

a must on a diet.

I suggest carrot cake,

zucchini bread,

and pumpkin pie

The value of a dollar is social,

as it is created by society.

The American people abhor a vacuum.

Prayer is an act of love

words are not needed.

Even if sickness distracts

from thoughts, all that is

needed is the will to love.

The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something.

Don’t wait for good things to happen to you.

Be happy,

but never satisfied.

The world can change if you stay true to your vision.

You shall know the truth,

and the truth shall make you mad.

It is an ironic habit of human beings to run faster

when we have lost our way.

I came from a real tough neighborhood.

I put my hand in some cement and felt another hand.

People seem not to see that their opinion of the world

is also a confession of character.

Someone’s sitting in the shade today

because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

No individual has any right to come into the world

and go out of it without leaving behind him distinct

and legitimate reasons for having passed through it.

The reward of a thing well done is having done it.

I refuse to accept other people’s ideas of happiness for me.

As a well

spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death.