It may in fact be utterly impossible to be successful without helping others to become successful.

The best comfort food will always be greens, cornbread, and fried chicken.

At the end of the day people won't remember what you said or did, they will remember how you made them feel.

The future is plump with promise.

I would ask every man and every woman who's had the blessing of having children, 'Would you deny your son or your daughter the ecstasy of finding someone to love?' To love someone takes a lot of courage. So how much more is one challenged when the love is of the same sex and the laws say, 'I forbid you from loving this person'?

We are the victims of the world's most comprehensive robbery. Life demands a balance. It's all right if we do a little robbing now.

You can't forgive without loving. And I don't mean sentimentality. I don't mean mush. I mean having enough courage to stand up and say, 'I forgive. I'm finished with it.'