“When a flower rises from the earth, it is overcoming its greatest opponent: fear.”

“Wealth wont make you happy. Power wont make you remarkable. Fame wont make you honorable. Education wont make you wise.”

“Bless the world with your mind, heal the world with your heart, lift the world with your soul; elevate the world with your life.”

“Dont mourn over the past; it has no pity for you. Dont cry over the present; it has no sympathy for you; and dont weep over the future, it has no mercy on you.”

“In thoughts, be wise. In speech, be cautious. In sentiment, be positive. In actions, be prudent.”

“The darkest storms color the brightest rainbows.”

“Don't settle The worst thing will be to find the man or woman that truly deserves you after you've married one who doesn't.”

“Don't settle… The worst thing will be to find the man or woman that truly deserves you after you've married one who doesn't.”

“Maybe he wouldn't end up the kind of man who needed to use his body for work. Maybe he'd be a new kind of black man altogether, one who got to use his mind.”

“To be sure, I had, and have, spent the better part of my post-college life growing up in the public eye, with my shameful warts, big and ugly, looming there for the world to see; and it has been a ...”

“the black man today will only find solitude in one place: prison. ironically, he becomes most free while incarcerated.”