“To be somebody and not just a great black poet ”
“I am so tired of waiting, aren’t you, for the world to become good and beautiful and kind?”
“To sit and dream is to sit and dream”
“I too am America”
“Whether you think you can, or you think you can't—you're right.”
“Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth”
“Stay humble in victory and gracious in defeat.”
“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.”
“I’m not arrogant enough to look back on my career and criticize my choices It’s really...”
“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles...”
“To forgive the terrorists is up to God, but to send them to him is up to me.”
“Failure is not the opposite of success; it's part of success”
“He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.”
“When you have a goal, when you have a vision, everything becomes easy”
