The first time someone shows you who they are, believe them.

The first time someone shows you who they are, believe them.

Whatever career you may choose for yourself - doctor, lawyer, teacher - let me propose an avocation to be pursued read more

Whatever career you may choose for yourself - doctor, lawyer, teacher - let me propose an avocation to be pursued along with it. Become a dedicated fighter for civil rights. Make it a central part of your life. It will make you a better doctor, a better lawyer, a better teacher. It will enrich your spirit as nothing else possibly can. It will give you that rare sense of nobility that can only spring from love and selflessly helping your fellow man. Make a career of humanity.Commit yourself to the noble struggle for human rights.You will make a greater person of yourself, a greater nation of your country and a finer world to live in.

Tell me your profession, and I will anticipate your beliefs.

Tell me your profession, and I will anticipate your beliefs.

The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness.

The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness.

Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.

Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.

We are born believing. A man bears beliefs, as a tree bears beauty.

We are born believing. A man bears beliefs, as a tree bears beauty.

I am just a common man who is true to his beliefs.

I am just a common man who is true to his beliefs.

Men in general are quick to believe that which they wish to be true.

Men in general are quick to believe that which they wish to be true.

Every man, at the bottom of his heart, wants to do right. But only he can do right who knows read more

Every man, at the bottom of his heart, wants to do right. But only he can do right who knows right; only he knows right who thinks right; only he thinks right who believes right.