Be a good ancestor. Stand for something bigger than yourself. Add value to the Earth during your sojourn.

We are not going to deal with the violence in our communities, our homes, and our nation, until we learn to deal with the basic ethic of how we resolve our disputes and to place an emphasis on peace in the way we relate to one another.

I never thought I was breaking a glass ceiling. I just had to do what I had to do, and it never occurred to me not to.

Service is what life is all about.

It's the new slavery. It came out of the drug laws and it really is something we're going to have to confront, but I don't see enough people up in arms about that. We need to be.

What's wrong with our children? Adults telling children to be honest while lying and cheating. Adults telling children to not be violent while marketing and glorifying violence... I believe that adult hypocrisy is the biggest problem children face in America.

Black women rock the cradle, and whoever rocks the cradle rocks the future.