We don’t come out of the womb filled with prejudice, racism, and homophobia. Kids are taught to hate, so we have to protect our young people’s minds from those evils.

I don't have to be perfect. All I have to do is show up and enjoy the messy, imperfect and beautiful journey of my life.

I have a deep, deep love for sneakers.

Learn to embrace your own unique beauty, celebrate your unique gifts with confidence. Your imperfections are actually a gift.

Your life is your story, and the adventure ahead of you is the journey to fulfill your own purpose and potential.

I don't think I'm even close to fulfilling my potential. And I think also that, unlike a pianist or a flutist, an actor has an instrument that is constantly changing.

You and you alone are the only person that can live the life that writes the story that you were meant to tell. And the world needs your story because the world needs your voice.

I'm not interested in living in a world where my race is not a part of who I am. I am interested in living in a world where our races, no matter what they are, don't define our trajectory in life.

You can never control how people respond to your work. You can only control your own work ethic.

As long as anyone anywhere is being made to feel less human, our very definition of humanity is at stake, and we are all vulnerable.

To meet somebody who's able to harness the level of courage it takes to walk away and to choose your own life and your own health, the well-being of your family, is really inspiring.

He had not been tossed aside by time, but lost in it.

Gratitude is unquestionably one of the major keys to attracting more blessings and living a quality life.

We live in a world that has walls and those walls need to be guarded by men with guns.

If you forsake a path, it is because you were hoping for conviction from it. You seek conviction, not self-knowledge.

The need is necessary.

Start to laugh and everything will go well.

Grace does not overlook sin, it empowers righteousness!

A lot of Irish people perform. They perform in drawing rooms. They sing songs and they play piano.

I thought, better to get out while I'm still alive.

Denial ain't just a river in Egypt.