"Both tears and sweat are salty,
but they render a different result.
Tears will get you sympathy;
sweat will get you change."
-Jesse Jackson

"We've removed the ceiling above our dreams.
There are no more impossible dreams."
-Jesse Jackson

"When the doors of opportunity swing open,
we must make sure that we are not too drunk
or too indifferent to walk through."
-Jesse Jackson

"Hold your head high, stick your chest out.
You can make it. It gets dark sometimes
but morning comes. . . . Keep hope alive."
-Jesse Jackson

"Never look down on anybody
unless you're helping him up."
-Jesse Jackson

"Leadership has a harder job
to do than just choose sides.
It must bring sides together."
-Jesse Jackson

"If my mind can conceive it,
and my heart can believe it,
I know I can achieve it."
-Jesse Jackson