If you fall behind, run faster. Never give up, never surrender, and rise up against the odds.

Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up.

At the end of the day, we must go forward with hope and not backward by fear and division.

Both tears and sweat are salty, but they render a different result. Tears will get you sympathy; sweat will get you change.

What is the American dream? The American dream is one big tent. One big tent. And on that big tent you have four basic promises: equal protection under the law, equal opportunity, equal access, and fair share.

Keep hope alive!

Your children need your presence more than your presents.

Today's students can put dope in their veins or hope in their brains. If they can conceive it and believe it, they can achieve it. They must know it is not their aptitude but their attitude that will determine their altitude.

I was born in a slum, but the slum wasn't born in me.