Archived Quotes

The Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute accepts people of any race.

We don't discriminate against anyone.

We teach people to reach their highest potential.

I set examples by the way I lead my life.

I’m a very private person.

Let us dream of tomorrow where we can truly love from the soul,

and know love as the ultimate truth at the heart of all creation.

I don't have a therapist,

so I use me as my own therapist when I'm making the music.

I have always been grateful to Colonel Longley.

He proved to me that when people in authority take a stand,

good can come out of it.

We are not human beings having a spiritual experience.

We are spiritual beings having a human experience.

The best thinking has been done in solitude.

The worst has been done in turmoil.

There is just so much hurt,

disappointment,

and oppression one can take...

The line between reason and madness grows thinner.

Dreams are necessary to life.

Wandering in business is not efficient,

but it’s also not random.

It’s guided.

You have to use heart and intuition;

there has to be risk taking.

Nations are born in the hearts of poets.

The best investment you can make is in yourself.

Count your age by friends,

not years.

Count your life by smiles,

not tears.

I want winners.

It takes 20 years to build a reputation

and five minutes to ruin it.

Don’t half

ass two things;

whole

ass one thing.

There is a charm about the forbidden

that makes it unspeakably desirable.

The key to success is to keep pushing,

even when the world says you cannot.

If a country is to be

corruption free and become

a nation of beautiful minds,

I strongly feel there are

three key societal members

who can make a difference.

They are the father,

the mother and the teacher.