Free at last, Free at last, Thank God almighty we are free at last.
You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word. It is victory, victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival.
The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry.
There is scarcely any passion without struggle.
We may get knocked down on the outside, but the key to living in victory is to learn how to get up on the inside.
Better to fight for something than live for nothing.
We can ignore even pleasure. But pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: it is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world.
The test of success is not what you do when you are on top. Success is how high you bounce when you hit the bottom.
Nonviolence is a weapon of the strong.
To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.
There is no time for ease and comfort. It is the time to dare and endure.
The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.
Waiting for the end to come, Wishing I had strength to stand, This is not what I had planned, It’s out of my control.
To be always fortunate, and to pass through life with a soul that has never known sorrow, is to be ignorant of one half of nature.
Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal: my strength lies solely in my tenacity.
Life had to break you down so you could be rebuilt better.
When you're scared, when you're hanging on, when life is hurting you, then you're going to see what you're really made of.
I hate that word – “lucky.” It cheapens a lot of hard work. Living in Brooklyn in an apartment without any heat and paying for dinner at the bodega with dimes – I don’t think I felt myself lucky back then. Doing plays for 50 bucks and trying to be true to myself as an artist and turning down commercials where they wanted a leprechaun. Saying I was lucky negates the hard work I put in and spits on that guy who’s freezing his ass off back in Brooklyn. So I won’t say I’m lucky. I’m fortunate enough to find or attract very talented people. For some reason I found them, and they found me.
Are great things ever done smoothly? Time, patience, and indomitable will must show.
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.