"I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die."
"May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears."
"Live life as though nobody is watching, and express yourself as though everyone is listening."
"There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living."
"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."
"I am not an optimist, but a great believer of hope."