While the rest of the world has been improving technology, Ghana has been improving the quality of man's humanity to man.

Nothing will work unless you do.

A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. They simply strengthen your ability to overcome.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style

If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.

You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!

It's better to have no control and be in the center of God's plan for your life than have total control and be completely lost to your destiny.

Wherever you go, things change you. I mean, obviously moving to Miami and becoming part of the NBA has given me a different perspective on style than I had when I lived in Chicago or Milwaukee.

When I am excited about a song I want to release it rather than wait to build up an album.

The best way to develop responsibility in people is to give them responsibility.

I watched Reagan turn around the country by lowering taxes and controlling spending, and I'm applying the same principles.

A lot of my friends who grew up in Manhattan have a strange phobia about Brooklyn. It's big and scary and they get lost.

When we all sing with one voice, the world will stop and listen.

What's interesting about textiles is that they are determined about three seasons in advance, that's why when you walk into a store you think "Gee, everything looks about the same."

In man's most dark extremity Oft succour dawns from Heaven.

I put heavy weight on certainty. It's not risky to buy securities at a fraction of what they're worth.