We have to improve life, not just for those who have the most skills and those who know how to manipulate the system. But also for and with those who….

No one will do for you what you need to do for yourself. We cannot afford to be separate. We have to see that all of us are in the same boat..

I think of my life as a unity of circles. Some are concentric, others overlap, but they all connect in some way. Sometimes the connections don't happ….

Without community service, we would not have a strong quality of life. It's important to the person who serves as well as the recipient. It's the way….

When you're a black woman, you seldom get to do what you just want to do; you always do what you have to do..

If the time is not ripe, we have to ripen the time..

We've got to work to save our children and do it with full respect for the fact that if we do not, no one else is going to do it..

Civil rights are civil rights. There are no persons who are not entitled to their civil rights... We have to recognize that we have a long way to go,….

Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition he or she has overcome to reach his goals..

The black woman had had to struggle against being a person of great strength..

We had people of all backgrounds coming together - all races, all creeds, all colors, all status in life. And coming together there was a kind of qui….

If you worry about who is going to get credit, you don't get much work done..

I want to be remembered as one who tried..

Progress comes from caring more about what needs to be done than about who gets the credit.

My mother helped me understand how not to show off what I knew, but how to use it so that others might benefit..

The Black family of the future will foster our liberation, enhance our self-esteem, and shape our ideas and goals..

I am the product of many whose lives have touched mine, from the famous, distinguished, and powerful to the little known and the poor..

There is no contradiction between effective law enforcement and respect for civil and human rights..

If the times aren't ripe, you have to ripen the times..

We have to see that all of us are in the same boat..

We have to realize we are building a movement..