You may want to quote the words of an expert, authority, or pertinent individual if they are particularly strong or significant. 
Do not quote all the time, save quotes for instances where the author's ideas clearly support your own or where the wording is especially powerful.
When you quote someone or something you must put quotation marks around the exact phrase that is being quoted and include an in-text citation at the end of the quote, as well as the citation in the bibliography.
Example:
"Faith is taking the first step even when you can't see the whole staircase" (King, 1962).
OR
As Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said, "Faith is taking the first step even when you can't see the whole staircase" (1962).
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Paraphrasing means expressing an author’s ideas in your own words, through changing both the language and the sentence structure. Paraphrasing is not easy. In particular, it is impossible to paraphrase something you do not really understand.
When writing a paper, you should not have too many quotations. It is much more common to paraphrase information from your sources.
Paraphrasing Tips:
Remember, when you paraphrase or summarize, you must cite the source. Even if you have not used the same words, you have borrowed ideas.
A technique related to paraphrasing is summarizing. Summarizing also involves putting the author’s ideas into your own words, but summaries omit much of the detail.
A Good Summary:
Summaries can vary in length but are usually shorter than a paraphrasing.
Remember, when you paraphrase or summarize, you must cite the source. Even if you have not used the same words, you have borrowed ideas.
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