Racism was banditry, pure and simple. And the banditry was not incidental to America, it was essential to it.
Advice to my younger self:1 Start where you are with what you have2 Try not to hurt other people3 Take more chances4 If you fail, keep trying
Arise, my love, let us try to set these ashes on fire again!
It is childish to eat primarily or only to please your tongue.
If my world were to cave in tomorrow, I would look back on all the pleasures, excitements and worthwhilenesses I have been lucky enough to have had. Not the sadness, not my miscarriages or my father l...
Lord, help us to choose humility over pride. Help us to choose love over our reputation. Help us to choose patience over making a point, and your Word over our feelings. Lord, help us to choose persev...
The father who has selflessly poured himself into the life of his children may leave no other monument than that of his children. But as for a life well lived, no other monument is necessary.
In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.
I have had no contact with the Chinese government. I only work with journalists.
Nothing is going to work out unless you step up and make it happen.
My parents were working class folks. My dad was a bartender for most of his life, my mom was a maid and a cashier and a stock clerk at WalMart. We were not people of financial means in terms of signif...