"You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right."

"I was not looking for trouble, but I was not going to run away from it."

"I was a person with dignity and self-respect, and I should not set my sights lower than anybody else just because I was black."

"I do the very best I can to look upon life with optimism and hope and looking forward to a better day, but I don't think there is any such thing as complete happiness."

"The bus was a symbol of the segregated South, and my refusal to move was a small act of defiance that sparked a movement."