“Oh, my friend, it's not what they take away from you that counts. It's what you do with what you have left.”

“In life it isn't what you've lost, it's what you've got left that counts”

“The test we must set for ourselves is not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us.”

“The moral test of government is how it treats people in the dawn of life, the children, in the twilight of life, the aged, and in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy, and the handicapped”

“You cannot go around and keep score. If you keep score on the good things and the bad things, you'll find out that you're a very miserable person. God gave man the ability to forget, which is one of the greatest attributes you have. Because if you remember everything that's happened to you, you generally remember that which is the most unfortunate.”

“You have to decide whats most important to you. Keeping your pride and getting nothing or taking a risk and maybe, maybe having everything.”

“The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously.”