Seeds.relation Quotes

Pain and suffering are always

inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart.

You ask me if I keep a notebook to record my great ideas.

I've only ever had one.

When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.

We have listened too long to the courtly Muses of Europe.

Nothing in life is to be feared;

it is only to be understood.

I should like to know if,

taking this old Declaration of Independence,

which declares that all men are equal upon principle,

you begin making exceptions to it,

where will you stop?

If one man says it does not mean a Negro,

why not another say it does not mean some other man?

God cannot use you as He wishes until you come

into the fullness of His Glory, Do not get alarmed,

my friend,

when doubts creep in.

That is old Satan.

Pray,

pray,

pray.

I don't believe you

have to be better

than everybody else.

I believe you have

to be better than

you ever thought

you could be.

Every great dream begins with a dreamer.

We’ve got to do what we think is right,

even if it’s unpopular.

Sir,

my concern is not whether God is on our side;

my greatest concern is to be on God's side,

for God is always right.

You cannot do a kindness too soon,

for you never know how soon it will be too late.

Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.

When people do not respect us we are sharply offended;

yet in his private heart no man much respects himself.

Blood,

sweat,

and respect.

The first two you give.

The last you earn.

I've always been a fan of the underdog.

It would astonish if not amuse the older citizens to learn

that I (a strange, friendless, uneducated, penniless boy

, working at ten dollars per month)

have been put down as the candidate of pride, wealth,

and aristocratic family distinction.

We are a puny and fickle folk.

Avarice,

hesitation,

and following are our diseases.

Thanksgiving just gets me

all warm and tingly and

all kinds of wonderful inside.

After two years at UCLA,

I decided to leave.

I was convinced that no amount of education

would help a black man get a job.