I believe that education is freedom. It provides the tools to affect one's own destiny.

After all these years, I could say thank you to a woman who had a powerful impact on my early life.

Getting older is the best thing that ever happened to me. I wake up every morning rejoicing that I'm still here with an opportunity to begin again and be better

Difficulties come when you don't pay attention to life's whisper. Life always whispers to you first, but if you ignore the whisper, sooner or later you'll get a scream

Devote today to something so daring even you can't believe you're doing it.

Not like I need an excuse to enjoy a Moscow mule, but this tray and six-mug set, handmade in Mexico with hammered recycled copper, makes cocktail hour extra special.

I love what the church offers to us as a culture - black people in particular. We would be nowhere without the black church.