Harvey Milk

All men are created equal. No matter how hard they try, they can never erase those words. That is what America is about.

If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet destroy every closet door.

All young people, regardless of sexual orientation or identity, deserve a safe and supportive environment in which to achieve their full potential.

Burst down those closet doors once and for all, and stand up and start to fight.

If you are not personally free to be yourself in that most important of all human activities … the expression of love … then life itself loses its meaning.

The fact that more people have been slaughtered in the name of religion than any other single reason. That, that my friends, that is true perversion!

Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.

Money isn’t the most important thing in life, but it’s reasonably close to oxygen on the ‘gotta have it’ scale.

Don’t be distracted by criticism. Remember – the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you.

You are what you think about all day long.

People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.

To focus on technique is like cramming your way through school. You sometimes get by, perhaps even get good grades, but if you don’t pay the price day in and day out, you’ll never achieve true mastery of the subjects you study or develop an educated mind.

Stay Strong.

Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.

People who exercise their embryonic freedom day after day, little by little, expand that freedom. People who do not will find that it withers until they are literally being lived. They are acting out scripts written by parents, associates and society.

Take time to be kind and to say thank you.

The future belongs to the dreamers, not to the critics. The future belongs to the people who follow their heart, no matter what the critics say, because they truly believe in their vision.

The person who dumps garbage into your mind will do you considerably more harm than the person who dumps garbage on your floor, because each load of mind garbage negatively impacts your possibilities and lowers your expectations.

You just do it. You force yourself to get up. You force yourself to put one foot in front of the other, and God damn it, you refuse to let it get to you. You fight. You cry. You curse. Then you go about the business of living. That’s how I’ve done it. There’s no other way.

Anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve.

Take time to be kind and to say ‘thank you.’