"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."
"I said to my children, 'I'm going to work and do everything that I can do to see that you get a good education. I don't ever want you to forget that there are millions of God's children who will not and cannot get a good education, and I don't want you feeling that you are better than they are. For you will never be what you ought to be until they are what they ought to be."
"Only in the darkness can you see the stars."
"Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred."
"Only in the darkness can you see the stars."
"Faith is taking the first step even when you can't see the whole staircase."