Leadership is not a position or a title, it is action and example.

It is okay not to like someone, but it is never okay to try and degrade, humiliate, or dehumanize them.

The world you see outside of you will always be a reflection of what you have inside of you.

Before you speak to me about your religion, first show it to me in how you treat other people. Before you tell me how much you love your God, show me in how much you love all His children.

Don't let your inability to do everything undermine your determination to do something.

When happy, be kind. When angry, be kind. When hopeful, be kind. When discouraged, be kind. When ever, be kind.

No matter what, we always have the power to choose hope over despair, engagement over apathy, kindness over indifference, love over hate.

The right attitude can transform a barrier into a blessing, an obstacle into an opportunity or a stumbling block into a stepping stone.

Give the respect you want to receive; embody the grace you hope to encounter; and help others with no expectations whatsoever.

Give more than is expected, love more than seems wise, serve more than seems necessary, and help more than is asked.

What more could you ask for in life than to be given an impossible challenge?

Death, therefore, the most awful of evils, is nothing to us, seeing that, when we are, death is not come, and, when death is come, we are not.

Stairway to Hell or Yellow Brick Road? Why don't you give your Magic 8 Ball a shake and see if it's ready to play again.

Faith is the black person's federal reserve system.

It is a golden maxim to cultivate the garden for the nose, and the eyes will take care of themselves.

The blessing is that everyone knows who I am because of the commercials.

Art lies because it's social.

Above all, don't lie to yourself.

It's not too bad to be a sort of pop icon, you know? It's not too tough to handle.

The man who built the manger had a purpose in mind... God had another. You'll never know how far reaching God's plan is for your work.

If you can get through the first round you have a good chance of getting into the next one.