Every one of us gets through the tough times because somebody is there, standing in the gap to close it for us.

If you're going to binge, literature is definitely the way to do it.

There is the voice that everybody hears... saying to you, "You should do this, you should be this, you ought to, you got to." And then there is the still small voice - for some people not so small - inside every human being that calls you to something that is greater than yourself.

You've got to follow your passion. You've got to figure out what it is you love--who you really are. And have the courage to do that. I believe that the only courage anybody ever needs is the courage to follow your own dreams.

I've come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that's as unique as a fingerprint - and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the universe to lead you.

Life isn't about what you have but what you have to give.

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