Motivational Status in English

The time is always ripe to do right.

A leader... is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind.

I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities.

I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.

I hate race discrimination most intensely and in all its manifestations. I have fought it all during my life; I fight it now, and will do so until the end of my days.

Education is the great engine of personal development. It is through education that the daughter of a peasant can become a doctor, that the son of a mineworker can become the head of the mine, that a child of farm workers can become the president of a great nation.

There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires.

As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.

A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger.

It is not where you start but how high you aim that matters for success.

If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.

Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity and a decent life.