I'm not a politician. I only want to help relieve the suffering in communities, and I want to help people see their community in each other.

A person's strength is to know their weaknesses.

You just have to smile and breathe. You do the best you can with what you have and that's it.

I don't know that God favors the person who has a greater reach than those who have a small reach. It's the intention. I try to keep a positive intention, and use whatever resources I have to benefit others.

Embrace struggle... It is your greatest teacher.

Good givers are great getters.

When I started the diamond business, no black person, period, was in it to do what we're trying to do to change the industry. So I like to do things that I see clearly that are in my, you know, scope. And then, I had to figure how I get talented or smart business people around me to execute. That's what I have to do.