If you don't have courage, you can't practice any of the other virtues.

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.

God is the originator of life.

When you are cursed with a bipolar mind racing thoughts are the ones that you find

Give preference to things of the greatest lasting value.

Root cause of inequality is the mass scale digital disruption advantage as means of wealth creation is concentrated.

You have a real asset-price bubble in places like parts of California and the suburbs of Washington, D.C.

Fans, don't fail to miss tomorrow's game.

Beware of lawyers and consultants and people who do not take risks and who do not get their hands dirty.

It would be great to make a movie that had the style of a great '30's film.

Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out.

Plant now the roses of Hope, Love, Promise, God Consciousness, and the Glory of your Soul.