This faith can give us courage to face the uncertainties of the future. It will give our tired feet new strength as we continue our forward stride to… - Martin Luther King Jr.

The time is always right to do what's right.

There is little hope for us until we become toughminded enough to break loose from the shackles of prejudice, half-truths, and downright ignorance. The shape of the world today does not permit us the luxury of softmindedness. A nation or a civilization that continues to produce softminded men purchases its own spiritual death on an installment plan. But we must not stop with the cultivation of a tough mind. The gospel also demands a tender heart. ... What is more tragic than to see a person who has risen to the disciplined heights of toughmindedness but has at the same time sunk to the passionless depths of hardheartedness?

The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and think critically. Intelligence plus character; that is the goal of a true education.