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

In my generation, we learned how to be leaders by being exposed to and involved with adults who empowered us and gave us a sense that we could choose things. We've let down the generations coming behind us and we are trying to re- establish that connection.

Being considerate of others will take your children further in life than any college degree.

Education remains one of the black community's most enduring values. It is sustained by the belief that freedom and education go hand in hand, that learning and training are essential to economic quality and independence.

Whoever said anyone has the right to give up.

I hope that people of all faiths will start looking for our too-invisible children who are crying out for help.

I'm tough in the sense that I believe as strongly in what I'm doing as anybody else believes in what they are doing.