Tavis Smiley Quotes

Be careful about gossiping because loose lips really do sink ships. Now that I'm in the broadcast business, and people talk about me, I know what it feels like to be the victim of gossip.

There are really only two types of people. Either you're running scared or you're running free. I choose to run free, and you can, too, no matter what your circumstances in life.

Leonard Pitts, Jr. is the most insightful and inspiring columnist of his generation.

We're all cracked vessels, and we're always in process, I think, every one of us.

Struggling to stay in the middle class, and I love that. That's me and my dad and my family.

I love my cross-sectioned, cross-cultural audience. Some of them are doing better than the average guy, but my audience has always been people who are struggling to stay in the middle class.

I think, for most of us is that once you get to a certain place in your career you're not having to elbow and knock people around and audition for parts.

The City of Angels is a microcosm of the world, and so living in L.A. makes me feel like a citizen of the world.

I feel blessed to be in the broadcast business for 20 years. I believe that when you're this blessed, you have an obligation to pay it forward. That's what life is all about ultimately.

I believe there is nothing we endure in life that you can't recover from. Failure is not fatal. Everyone has the capacity to fail up.