I am the product of many whose lives have touched mine, from the famous, distinguished, and powerful to the little known and the poor.

The Black family of the future will foster our liberation, enhance our self-esteem, and shape our ideas and goals.

We have to improve life, not just for those who have the most skills and those who know how to manipulate the system. But also for and with those who often have so much to give but never get the opportunity.

We've got to work to save our children and do it with full respect for the fact that if we do not, no one else is going to do it.

Without community service, we would not have a strong quality of life. It's important to the person who serves as well as the recipient. It's the way in which we ourselves grow and develop.

Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition he or she has overcome to reach his goals.

My mother helped me understand how not to show off what I knew, but how to use it so that others might benefit.