Having to try and going through the trials and tribulations to actually overcome, to get there to win, to triumph, that's what makes life interesting

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.

If you Have ever Fainted, You Are a stranger in the land of the dead!

90% of all failures in life are those who have the habit of making excuses.

So desperate was Kugel for things to turn out for the best, proclaimed Professor Jove, that he couldn't stop worrying about the worst. Hope, said Professor Jove, was Solomon Kugel's greatest failing.

Yes, my sister is weird and says crap like en route. I smirk - it's a common facial tic of mine - and turn to her.

Nothing has happened too fast, nothing has happened too slow. It has been a mellow rise, and I'm thankful for that. I haven't lost my head, and I haven't lost my desire to keep growing.

All of us take an interest, to a greater or lesser extent, in what people around us look like, what they are doing, and why they are doing it.

You know you are in love when you are willing to share your cash-machine number.

I never eat sushi. I have trouble eating things that are merely unconscious.

In days gone by, a man's word was his bond. Today, fortunately, we have glue.

There isn't anything so grotesque or so incredible that the average human being can't believe it.