Black History Month

“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. I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood.”

“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. “

“Floats like a butterfly, sting like a bee; his hands can’t hit what his eyes can’t see.”

“I’ve been in the entertainment industry since I was six-years-old, and as Charles Dickens would say, 'It’s been the best of times, the worst of times.' But I would not change my career… While some have made deliberate attempts to hurt me, I take it in stride because I have a loving family, a strong faith and wonderful friends and fans who have, and continue, to support me.”

“People always say that I didn’t give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn’t true. I was not tired physically, or no more tired than I usually was at the end of a working day. I was not old, although some people have an image of me as being old then. I was forty-two. No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in. ”

“Limits, like fears, are often just an illusion.”

“The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams.”