Be careful about gossiping because loose lips really do sink ships.

The data is going to indicate sadly that when the Obama administration is over, black people will have lost ground in every single leading economic indicator category.

The choices we make about the lives we live determine the kinds of legacies we leave.

Don't envy someone else's gift. Discover your own.

The storm came. Lives were washed away. Ancient pains resurfaced. Now it is time for a sea of change.

Sometimes rejection in life is really redirection.

I believe if we make black America better, we make all of America better.

We need to elect leaders who understand that leadership is about loving and serving people, not about self-advancement.

Regardless of your race, religion or political affiliation, never hesitate to question those in authority.

Poverty and wealth inequality are a form of instability into the future.

Capitalism is like a child: if you want the child to grow up free and productive, somebody's got to look over the shoulder of that child.

I need to look like an idiot at least twice a day to keep myself humble.

Fathers are ironic, they want democracy in their country but dictatorship in their home.

Could we change our attitude, we should not only see life differently, but life itself would come to be different.

Prodigality of Time produces Poverty of Mind as well as of Estate.

Why will you take by force what you may have quietly by love?

[I]t's safer to be fond of dangerous people.

The flourishing life cannot be achieved until we moderate our desires and see how superficial and fleeting they are.

The greatest movies are the ones you want to watch again and again.

Sticks and stones, I'll break yer bones, but names ain't worth a quarrel.

Exercise is overrated.