America will never move forward if you decide to leave a nation of people behind.

You can't just place your faith and your hope in one system, because when that system fails you, what do you do?

There is only one way to come out of that dark place, and that is through the power of prayer.

When you are telling your story, hold your own ink pen. Don't let anybody else tell your story.

It is a right to have a firearm to protect yourself. But it is not your right to be irresponsible. At the end of the day, it is not the gun that kills you, it is the irresponsible person that does.

Sometimes you just have to be by yourself, you need a little space and time.

As an African-American parent, we have to really, really worry about our children and how our children are perceived in America.

I think it's important for people to just stay encouraged, and stay uplifted.

Life is too short to waste your time with bad books.

It is almost impossible to throw dirt on someone without getting a little on yourself

Blood alone literally moves the wheels of history.

I just feel like making things solar-powered and wind-powered should be as easy as using an iPad.

Our achievements of today are but the sum total of our thoughts of yesterday.

Truly successful individuals create both immediate and long-lasting influence attracting others to them.

I think architecture could be understood as the construction of realities, or the construction of worlds.

The world needs you. It needs that special thing you've been dreaming about since you were little.

If money is the only plus, I will always say no. But, if there's more, than I'm down.

The least responsive audience I can ever remember playing to.