A vow is a purely religious act which cannot be taken in a fit of passion. It can be taken only with a mind purified and composed and with God as witness.

A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.

Before the throne of the Almighty, man will be judged not by his acts but by his intentions. For God alone reads our hearts.

To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal.

Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful, that's what matters to me.

I very rarely think in words at all. A thought comes, and I may try to express it in words afterwards.

Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good.

Even when we have physical hardships, we can be very happy.

After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.

We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain - that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom - and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

I stand here before you not as a prophet, but as a humble servant of you, the people.

The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis, but rather the feeling of being unwanted.