Identity Quotes

Before we acquire great power

we must acquire wisdom to use it well.

Perfection is not attainable,

but if we chase perfection,

we can catch excellence.

True power is service.

The propagandist’s purpose is to make one set of people

forget that certain other sets of people are human.

The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours

is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight.

Every human being has a deep inner life that is worth exploring.

I always try to stay grounded and know who I am.

You should never be ashamed of being yourself.

Change is never easy,

but it is necessary.

I think people who have good parents come

into the world with a strength,

and an advantage.

The youth need to be enabled to

become job generators from job seekers.

For me,

it's like yesterday

I was driving the packages to the post office myself.

I was a disadvantaged child from a non

educated family

yet I had the advantage of being in the company of great teachers.

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.

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.

Every man I meet is in some way my superior.

You don’t have to be smarter than the rest.

You have to be more disciplined.

After two years at UCLA,

I decided to leave.

I was convinced that no amount of education

would help a black man get a job.

Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral?

It is because we are not the person involved.

There is far more opportunity than there is ability.