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You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man

Adventures are to those to whom they are most unexpected

Man must have just enough faith in himself to have adventures, and just enough doubt of himself to enjoy them.

The whole point depends upon his being at once humble enough to wonder, and haughty enough to defy.

With foresight, and a willingness on the part of our people to face up to the vast responsibility which history has clearly placed upon our country, the difficulties I have outlined can and will be overcome.

Civility is not a tactic or a sentiment. It is the determined choice of trust over cynicism, of community over chaos.

We must show courage in a time of blessing by confronting problems instead of passing them on to future generations.

Life is a fair field, and the right will prosper if we stand by our guns.

No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.

Fears vanish as soon as one is fairly free in the wilderness.

Seeking no favors because of our color, nor patronage because of our needs, we knock at the bar of justice, asking an equal chance.

Shirking responsibility has never been a fault with which colored women might be truthfully charged.

With courage, born of success achieved in the past, with a keen sense of the responsibility which we shall continue to assume, we look forward to a future large with promise and hope.

Beware, for I am fearless and therefore powerful

I try to scare myself at least once a day.

We demand nothing more than this, and we will take nothing less.

But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

who did not delay for any formal vote to empower him to do so, but followed him because he was born to command

Into the most pitiful and abject it will infuse a heart and courage to defy the world, so only it have the countenance of the beloved object.

Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist

Great evils are in some cases only to be met by resistance; they cannot be wept down, but must be battled down.

Great men, I say, often rejoice at crosses of fortune just as brave soldiers do at wars.

The poorest way to face life is to face it with a sneer.

We have it in our power to begin the world over again

Reckless audacity came to be considered the courage of a loyal ally; prudent hesitation, specious cowardice; moderation was held to be a cloak for unmanliness; ability to see all sides of a question, inaptness to act on any.