Show me someone content with mediocrity and I'll show you someone destined for failure.

An education that teaches you to understand something about the world has done only half of the assignment. The other half is to teach you to do something about making the world a better place.

The myth of black women profiting at the expense of black men is the oldest rap around.

if we center our lives on BMWs, RVs, VCRs, PCs and the other acronyms of consumerism, we cannot expect our children to do otherwise.

You cannot fully understand your own life without knowing and thinking beyond your life, your own neighborhood, and even your own nation.

Now, if you want to know my secret love, it is to be able to serve as an example.

While it is true that without a vision the people perish, it is doubly true that without action the people and their vision perish as well.