In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future.

Racism is taught in our society, it is not automatic. It is learned behavior toward persons with dissimilar physical characteristics.

Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children.

The way to succeed is never quit. Thats it. But really be humble about it.

Roots is not just a saga of my family. It is the symbolic saga of a people.

Every time an old person dies, it's like a library burning down.

Anytime you see a turtle up on top of a fence post, you know he had some help.

When you start about family, about lineage and ancestry, you are talking about every person on earth.

When you clench your fist, no one can put anything in your hand.

You have to deal with the fact that your life is your life.

Either you deal with what is the reality, or you can be sure that the reality is going to deal with you.

If you boiled down the gospel to one word, it would be love.

God liberated us from darkness to walk in the glorious light.

We make our own fortune and call it destiny.

Bill Heseltine had been at university with me, at the University of Western Australia. I knew him well.

But the courts have dismissed the lawsuits against me and Lee Brown.

A life of wholeness does not depend on what we experience. Wholeness depends on how we experience our lives.

After 35, I felt like I'd been in these relationships; some were great, some weren't so great, but they weren't right partnerships.

If the truth isn't enough, then you must become stronger at presenting it.

Art is the child of imagination and gives life.

Thinking about forgiving is not enough. You must come to a moment when you say, "With God's help I now forgive."