"It is a timeless truth that humility is not weakness in leadership; it is the cornerstone of unassailable respect."

"It is a unyielding truth that in the quiet sanctuary of self-reflection, the soul finds its rhythm — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Fortitude is the quiet voice at eventide saying: I will try once more tomorrow. A lesson woven into the fabric of human history — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a timeless truth that the ocean of adversity cannot drown the spirit that resolves to stay afloat — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Strength does not come from winning, but from knowing that character is forged in the fires of discipline."

"First we have to recognize that the cause of poverty is both structural and behavioral. And the first thing about the behavior part is that we need a moral revolution within the African American community. Look - no white racist makes you get pregnant when you are a black teenager."

"Take motherhood: nobody ever thought of putting it on a moral pedestal until some brash feminists pointed out, about a century ago, that the pay is lousy and the career ladder nonexistent."

"In virtually every Western society in the 1960s there was a moral revolution, an abandonment of its entire traditional ethic of self-restraint."