Archived Quotes

My mother would look at me and say,

‘Kamala,

you may be the first to do many things,

but make sure you’re not the last.’

Life’s short.

You’ve got to get what you can while you can.

Life is about embracing the highs and lows with honesty.

Discipline,

vigilance,

and perseverance are the keys to safety.

I had the courage to walk into a school when no one would.

Journalism is what maintains democracy.

It’s the first rough draft of history.

It isn't until you come to a spiritual,

understanding of who you are,

not necessarily a religious feeling,

but deep down, the spirit within,

that you can begin to take control.

We think the Dred Scott decision is erroneous.

We know the court that made it has

often overruled its own decisions,

and we shall do what we can to have it overrule this.

It is better to live one day as a lion than 100 years as a sheep.

Dream with ambition,

lead with conviction,

and see yourselves in a way others may not see you.

Success is not final,

failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.

As our case is new,

we must think and act anew.

Hold on with a bulldog grip,

and chew and choke as much as possible.

The secret of getting ahead

is getting started

History is the version of past events

that people have decided to agree upon.

The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow;

there is no humor in Heaven.

All, everything that I understand,

I understand only because I love.

Music is the way I communicate with the world.

Don’t follow the crowd,

let the crowd follow you.