Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things.

Many kids come out of college, they have a credit card and a diploma. They don't know how to buy a house or a car or health insurance or life insurance. They do not know basic microeconomics.

Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things.

Success needs no explanation. Failure does not have one that matters.

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

Your children need your presence more than your presents.

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

A man must be willing to die for justice. Death is an inescapable reality and men die daily, but good deeds live forever.

I am not a perfect servant. I am a public servant doing my best against the odds. As I develop and serve, be patient. God is not finished with me yet.

At the end of the day, we must go forward with hope and not backward by fear and division.

If there are occasions when my grape turned into a raisin and my joy bell lost its resonance, please forgive me. Charge it to my head and not to my heart.

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

Keep hope alive!

Many are observing Ferguson and witnessing the anger, demonstrations, looting and vandalism and calling for quiet. But quiet isn't enough. The absence of noise isn't the presence of justice - and we must demand justice in Ferguson and the other 'Fergusons' around America.

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

Leadership has a harder job to do than just choose sides. It must bring sides together.