“Where you are right now doesn’t have to determine where you’ll end up.”

Of all the rocks upon which we build our lives, we are reminded today that family is the most important.

One voice can change a room, and if one voice can change a room, then it can change a city, and if it can change a city, it can change a state, and if it change a state, it can change a nation, and if it can change a nation, it can change the world. Your voice can change the world.

Nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change.

Persevere. Nothing worthwhile is easy.

I want every young man who sees me to know that I’m not that different from them. I wasn’t born into wealth. I wasn’t born into fame. I made a lot of mistakes – but I kept at it.

A lot of shelter dogs are mutts like me.

A lot of shelter dogs are mutts like me.

If you’re a strong man, you should not feel threatened by strong women.

We are the change we have been waiting for.

What makes you a man is not the ability to make a child, it’s the courage to raise one.

Love and hope can conquer hate.

To be black was to be the beneficiary of a great inheritance, a special destiny, glorious burdens that only we were strong enough to bear.

If you give up on the idea that your voice can make a difference, then other voices will fill the void.

Just because we have the best hammer does not mean that every problem is a nail.

Together we resolve that a great nation must care for the vulnerable and protect its people from life’s worst hazards and misfortune.

There is no excuse for not trying.

I really believe that you have to earn things. I don’t feel comfortable unless I have worked really hard.

I don’t fear God- I fear His believers.

I have died many times. I have actually beaten Jesus Christ because he only died once.

I don’t really believe in the type of pressure that people are wanting to put on the type of music that I make.

I believe we are all connected to other people. I am connected to people who are suffering. We all are.

Work for what you believe in, but pick your battles, and don’t burn your bridges.

Never explain yourself to anyone, because the one who likes you would not need it, and the one dislikes you wouldn’t believe it.

All of my life I’ve been growing into who I am in my life today and I am still growing, but I believe in love and nothing can deter me in that.