Democrats, too often, take blacks for granted, and Republicans, too often, simply ignore black voters.

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.

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

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.

Pursue not the outer entanglements

It's not getting it right the first time--it's learning to do it right and then not getting lazy.

To be a world changer

I can taste the good-bye on his lips.

If I called her she would pretend not to hear, but would come a few moments later when it could appear that she had thought of doing so first.

Marital love is a reflection of how God loves. It is free, total, faithful and fruitful.

The world doesn't need more great leaders, it needs more great people who lead.

Why do people feel guilty about TV? What is wrong with it? Just this: it shuts out all the wonderful things of which the mind is capable, leaving it drugged in a state of thoughtless stupor.

Capacity for love in its higher forms seems to be peculiarly human although even in humans it is still peculiar.

His statement to himself should have been, 'I possess this now, therefore I am happy', instead of what it so Victorianly was: "I cannot possess this for ever, and therefore am sad."