Fear, fear, breeds hopelessness. When you're afraid, you don't know what to believe in, you don't know what to hold on to. You're struggling to find something to believe in.

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.

At crossroad, God is our guide post. He points the right path.

Although nothing has come yet, something is here already.

The early years were more about learning than about acting. I had to carry on my father's work, which was a big challenge.

A great deal of pressure was then built up to remove me from the club and my resignation was, finally, a forced one.

Any piece of good music is in essence a love song.

Using the greatest business people in the world, which America has, I am going to turn our bad trade agreements into great trade agreements.

I feel an unfamiliar but pleasant sensation in my lips, tugging them upward. This is... new.

On the whole, love comes with the speed of light; separation, with that of sound.

I think some of the best modern writing comes now from travellers.

Along with all else, Sandman is a comic strip for intellectuals, and I say it's about time.