“Leadership cannot just go along to get along. Leadership must meet the moral challenge of the day.”

Both tears and sweat are salty, but they render a different result. Tears will get you sympathy; sweat will get you change.

If you wear a hoodie but aren’t registered to vote, you got the symbolism but missed the substance.

The burden of being black is that you have to be superior just to be equal. But the glory of it is that, once you achieve, you have achieved, indeed.

Your children need your presence more than your presents.

If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it.

Our dreams must be stronger than our memories. We must be pulled by our dreams, rater than pushed by our memories.

From seeds of his body blossomed the flower that liberated a people and touched the soul of a nation.

I want the conflict to be resolved so Libya can continue on its path to world leadership.

If you run, you might lose. If you don’t run, you’re guaranteed to lose.

He has stood for the inclusion of all segments of our society under the law; women, gender equality, workers’ rights to organize, and civil rights for the least able.

When we’re unemployed, we’re called lazy; when the whites are unemployed it’s called a depression.

It is time for us to turn to each other, not on each other.

We must not measure greatness from the mansion down, but from the manger up.

I cast my bread on the waters long ago. Now it’s time for you to send it back to me – toasted and buttered on both sides.

We’ve removed the ceiling above our dreams. There are no more impossible dreams.

Both tears and sweat are salty, but they render a different result. Tears will get you sympathy; sweat will get you change.

There is more similarity in the marketing challenge of selling a precious painting by Degas and a frosted mug of root beer than you ever thought possible.

I think so many young girls get caught up in the challenge of being with somebody who’s dangerous, who’s bad, who’s enticing, who’s all of those things, and you forget what it’s like to enjoy simple love.

I like to do something I fear.

I’m more focused and have a greater sense of challenge, because I constantly feel the weight of time.

If I had a choice, I would do comedy all the time. It’s just the most challenging thing. To make someone laugh is the most challenging thing, and the most rewarding thing, in entertainment.

You will encounter misguided people from time to time. That’s part of life. The challenge is to educate them when you can, but always to keep your dignity and self-respect and persevere in your personal growth and development.

If our history can challenge the next wave of musicians to keep moving and changing, to keep spiritually hungry and horny, that’s what it’s all about.

Each role you play, they set a bar of challenges that you meet. And in the past, I’ve played characters that emotionally expressed themselves a bit more in a physical way. It was a joy, actually.