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

What you give ought to be in direct relationship to what you've received. If you have been blessed with a great deal, then you have a lot of giving to do.

If folks can learn to be racist, then they can learn to be anti racist. If being sexist ain't genetic, then, dad gum, people can learn about gender equality.

The ultimate expression of generosity is not in giving of what you have, but in giving of who you are.

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.

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