We need to elect leaders who understand that leadership is about loving and serving people, not about self-advancement.

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.

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.

Why don't we scale up those things that do work.

It is perseverance that leads to great accomplishments.

Humble yourself, and you will find that Love is spreading a carpet of flowers beneath your feet.

When working out, length is not a substitute for intensity.

Now Heaven and Earth are older than the temples, and older than the Scriptures.

Success surely comes with conscience in the long run, other things being equal. Capacity and fidelity are commercially profitable qualities.

Honestly, I grew up in pretty modest circumstances. We were a middle-class family.

I think it's hard for everyone to find their way as an adult and to match up their expectations from their youth to what their adult life looks like.

With 'Timbiriche,' I toured Brazil and a lot of Latin America.

[Big Pun] loved the fact that I could sing, everybody around us were rappers. A lot of people didn't know that Pun really, really loved r&b music.

My dad was a businessman, and he would say, 'Work for free at the best company. Don't get paid a lot of money to work with the worst people.' And that's exactly how I see my career.