I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work. Use this quote
I think my attitude to human beings has changed since leaving prison. Use this quote
As for goals, I don't set myself those anymore. I'm not one of these 'I must have achieved this and that by next year' kind of writers. I take things as they come and find that patience and persistence tend to win out in the end. Use this quote
We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. Use this quote
When the three branches of government have failed to represent the citizenry and the mass of the media has failed to represent the citizenry, then the citizenry better represent the citizenry. Use this quote
The secret of our success is that we never, never give up. Use this quote
Wise men make more opportunities than they find. Use this quote
Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart. Use this quote
Every therapeutic cure, and still more, any awkward attempt to show the patient the truth, tears him from the cradle of his freedom from responsibility and must therefore reckon with the most vehement resistance. Use this quote
The land is ours. It's not European and we have taken it, we have given it to the rightful people... Those of white extraction who happen to be in the country and are farming are welcome to do so, but they must do so on the basis of equality. Use this quote
We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success. Use this quote
Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same. Use this quote
We believe that if men have the talent to invent new machines that put men out of work, they have the talent to put those men back to work. Use this quote
It is so often true that whether a person carries with him an atmosphere of gloom and depression or one of confidence and courage depends on his individual outlook. Use this quote
Dreams must be heeded and accepted. For a great many of them come true. Use this quote
We have fought for social justice. We have fought for economic justice. We have fought for environmental justice. We have fought for criminal justice. Now we must add a new fight - the fight for electoral justice. Use this quote
Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything. Use this quote
A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained in arms, is the best most natural defense of a free country. Use this quote
The real message of the Dance opens up the vistas of life to all who have the urge to express beauty with no other instrument than their own bodies, with no apparatus and no dependence on anything other than space. Use this quote
Freedom Summer, the massive voter education project in Mississippi, was 1964. I graduated from high school in 1965. So becoming active was almost a rite of passage. Use this quote