I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal."
The quality not the longevity of one's life is what is important.
Life's most persistent and urgent question is 'What are you doing for others?'
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
Another good thing about being poor is that when you are seventy your children will not have declared you legally insane in order to gain control of your estate.
A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect.