A consistent and heart-filled effort to completion is the foundation of excellent work.

The cure for the Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin, Tamir Rice and Eric Garner tragedies is not education or exposure. It's the Gospel. So, finally, I'M ENCOURAGED because the Gospel gives mankind hope.

You CAN be what you want to be. Whatever that is.

I'M EMBARRASSED because the looting, violent protests, and law breaking only confirm, and in the minds of many, validate, the stereotypes and thus the inferior treatment.

It's a sin problem, not a skin problem.

If fathers aren't growing up, I would challenge them to want to be a father that is present in the home, so that their kids have that identity.

I'M OFFENDED, because of the insulting comments I've seen that are not only insensitive but dismissive to the painful experiences of others.

Moral failure occurs when people lose focus and gradually drift off the path.

When we look at our children, I think a lot of the troubles we're having as a society is because we don't have strong fathers in these families that can tell their kids that they can do more.

I believe that I have a platform because God blessed me with the talent to play football. Having that talent, my job is to be responsible with it.

I'M ANGRY because the stories of injustice that have been passed down for generations seem to be continuing before our very eyes.

The Sufis regard systems which treat everyone alike as mechanical and degenerate.

A man who could not see the end of his"provisional existence" was not able to aim at an ultimate goal in life.

I like the fact that New York looks a bit backwards, toward the Old World, rather than resolutely forwards.

You believe that you live in the world, where in fact the world lives within you.

My dad brings a deep-seated knowledge of the British folk genre, and a lot of my love for guitar playing comes from learning from him and his influences, which eventually became my influences.

The truth emerging from this scattered picture of nuclear proliferation is simple: there is a stronger chance of a nuclear bomb being used now than at almost any point in the Cold War.

I've got a lot of work to do, a lot of people to make proud.

I do know one thing about me: I don't measure myself by others' expectations or let others define my worth.

There is no such thing as zero uncertainty.

If there is anybody in this land who thoroughly believes that the meek shall inherit the earth they have not often let their presence be known.