We're all basically made of the same stuff: generosity and selfishness, goodness and greed.

Inaction, contrary to its reputation for being a refuge, is neither safe nor comfortable.

Contradictory as it seems, malnutrition is a key contributor to obesity.

If we are serious about providing upward mobility and building a skilled workforce, pre-school is the place to begin.

Simply put, when women do well, everybody does better.

One is responsible for one's own life. Passivity provides no protection.

We see the world through the lens of all our experiences; that is a fundamental part of the human condition.

Those who speak up, those who use their connections, are more likely to succeed than those who sit and wait.

It's time to recognize what compromise means: no side wins or loses all.

Money often determines not only who gets elected, but what gets done. Which voices do lawmakers listen to, the banks or home owners, coal companies, or asthma sufferers, the CEOs or the unemployed?

Volunteer activities can foster enormous leadership skills. The nonprofit professional volunteer world is a laboratory for self - realization.

There is no fault, only responsibility.

Fallibility in a leader is very trying. Isn’t it? They spill so much of other people’s blood.

My body is no schoolboy.

TV evangelists say they don't favor any particular denomination, but I think we've all seen their eyes light up at tens and twenties.

I used to say, "I sure hope things will change." Then I learned that the only way things are going to change for me is when I change

Negative words are powerful boomerangs so be careful what you say about people and yourself.

Let us not forget that group of self-taught, outsider artists who never stepped foot in any classroom and cared less about even exhibiting, and yet ended up with an audience of avid admirers.

Directing, you have to put yourself in a certain state, it's all about the energy you have and the energy you transmit to people, to the actors, to the crew. It's peculiar.

If all we are for is black people and white people who like black people, then I have nothing to say to Trump who is only for white people and black people who like him.

It seems as though everyone is going to the currency of celebrity. Everyone's getting their own account of whatever that currency is. That's something neat.