It is not a matter of who is rejecting me, as much as it is somebody may get it, and I am going to keep plowing through it because in this world of education, there is a harvest.

In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.

Every closed eye is not sleeping, and every open eye is not seeing.

People can be more forgiving than you can imagine. But you have to forgive yourself. Let go of what's bitter and move on.

Nothing I've ever done has given me more joys and rewards than being a father to my children.

Fatherhood is pretending the present you love most is soap-on-a-rope.

I wasn't always black... there was this freckle, and it got bigger and bigger.

Raising children is an incredibly hard and risky business in which no cumulative wisdom is gained: each generation repeats the mistakes the previous one made.

It isn't a matter of black is beautiful as much as it is white is not all that's beautiful.

The main goal of the future is to stop violence. The world is addicted to it.

Satan fell by the force of gravity.

Great difficulties may be surmounted by patience and perseverance.

Christmas Eve was a night of song that wrapped itself about you like a shawl. But it warmed more than your body. It warmed your heart...filled it, too, with melody that would last forever.

I enjoy the preparatory elements of travel - packing my bags and choosing my outfits - but my favourite part is getting there.

Kindness effects more than severity.

Our military plans should be based on the assumption of unpredictability, rather than on carefully drawn, static models of the world.

International lending banks need to focus on areas where private investment doesn't go, such as infrastructure projects, education and poverty relief.

Don't leave. Stay, and make things better.

Shatter all your fear.

What's your favorite book? "The last one I read.