Be proud to be Latino and never lose that pride!

The people themselves, and not their servants, can safely reverse their own deliberate decisions.

You have enough people against you… be for yourself.

Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him.

My moms always told me, ‚How long you gonna play the victim?‘ I can say I’m mad and I hate everything, but nothing really changes until I change myself.

Everybody wants to be me. What can I say?

Sure it’s a big job; but I don’t know anyone who can do it better than I can.

The most common criticism I get is that I’m being manipulated and you shouldn’t use children in political ways, because that is abuse, and I can’t think for myself and so on. And I think that is so annoying! I’m also allowed to have a say – why shouldn’t I be able to form my own opinion and try to change people’s minds?

I can express myself.

We are twice armed if we fight with faith.

‚Born this Way‘ is about being yourself, and loving who you are and being proud.

If I can be a leader, I will.

You don’t carry in your countenance a letter of recommendation.

It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.

Nobody can tell me where I can and can’t go.

Blacks, especially in America, have been raised with a slave mentality – they don’t feel that they have the right to speak as loud as possible.

Boldness be my friend.

The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.

Unless India stands up to the world, no one will respect us. In this world, fear has no place. Only strength respects strength.

I never thought about what people would say about me. I was just a young guy who was excited to become a comedian and an actor, and I just wanted to get to do what I got to do.

He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave.

My protest about the post exchange seating bore some results. More seats were allocated for blacks, but there were still separate sections for blacks and for whites. At least I had made my men realize that something could be accomplished by speaking out, and I hoped they would be less resigned to unjust conditions.

The people know their rights, and they are never slow to assert and maintain them when they are invaded.

A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.

I am not handsome or sexy. Of course, it’s not like I am hopeless.

I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights.

My main goal is to be a self-made man and have control over what’s mine.

When my ancestors came from Africa, they were shackled by our neck, our wrists, and our ankles in steel chains. I’ve turned those steel chains into gold to symbolize the fact that I’m still a slave, only my price tag is higher.

What spectacle can be more edifying or more seasonable, than that of Liberty and Learning, each leaning on the other for their mutual and surest support?

We must have government that builds stamina into communities and men. That makes men instead of mendicants.

In the book of Gaga, fame is in your heart, fame is there to comfort you, to bring you self-confidence and worth whenever you need it.

Black Americans, no more than white Americans, they do not want more government programs which perpetuate dependency. They don’t want to be a colony in a nation.

Investing for the poor requires participation from the entire community.

Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.

I was told that someone on Facebook said something ‚horrible‘ about me. Who cares? At least they’re watching the show.

Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to others.

Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. The yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself.

It undoubtedly feels nice when you are being appreciated and you get complimented by girls. Who doesn’t like that? Having said that, I don’t take it as any pressure.

You make yourself broad. You make yourself appealing. ‚Hey, y’all, I’m cool with everybody.‘ That’s my message.

You’ll never rise any higher than the way you see yourself.

I’ve heard there are troubles of more than one kind; some come from ahead, and some come from behind. But I’ve brought a big bat. I’m all ready, you see; now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!

You’re not going to say anything about me that I’m not going to say about myself. There’s so many things that I think about myself; if someone really wanted to get at me, they could say this and this and this. So I’m going to say it before they can. It’s the best policy for me.

I’m not afraid to look like an idiot.

You may make some mistakes – but that doesn’t make you a sinner. You’ve got the very nature of God on the inside of you.

If you don’t live your life, then who will?

We are Divine enough to ask and we are important enough to receive.

Freedom is what you do with what’s been done to you.

Don’t ever forget two things I’m going to tell you. One, don’t believe everything that’s written about you. Two, don’t pick up too many checks.

If we are not free, no one will respect us.

Memories are thoughts that arise. They’re not realities. Only when you believe that they are real, then they have the power over you. But when you realize it’s just another thought arising about the past, then you can have a spacious relationship with that thought. The thought no longer has you in its grip.

I wouldn’t say I’m a feminist, but I don’t like girls pretending to be stupid because it’s easier.

I think that I’m perfect.

You may be always victorious if you will never enter into any contest where the issue does not wholly depend upon yourself.

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

The fact is that ours is the first generation that can look disease and extreme poverty in the eye, look across the ocean to Africa, and say this, and mean it. We do not have to stand for this. A whole continent written off – we do not have to stand for this.

There are a lot of good women in New York.

Where globalization means, as it so often does, that the rich and powerful now have new means to further enrich and empower themselves at the cost of the poorer and weaker, we have a responsibility to protest in the name of universal freedom.

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.

I would just like to say something, ladies and gentlemen. Something that I think is very important. It is that, you, we – we own this country. We – we own it. It is not you owning it, and not politicians owning it. Politicians are employees of ours.

You can choose a future where more Americans have the chance to gain the skills they need to compete, no matter how old they are or how much money they have. Education was the gateway to opportunity for me. It was the gateway for Michelle. And now more than ever, it is the gateway to a middle-class life.

When you give everyone a voice and give people power, the system usually ends up in a really good place. So, what we view our role as, is giving people that power.