"You're always going to have people that are naysayers, that don't believe in your talent, that don't believe that you have any kind of longevity."

“Working in an underdeveloped land for two or three years, the volunteer will often find that his work is routine and full of frustration.”

“It is not that practice makes perfect but that practice is perfect, combining effort with an openness to grace.”

“When Clinton said he was going to create 8 million new jobs, I didn't think they were all going to be tax collectors.”

“We are all different, but when we ask for the Lord's blessings, we must not forget that God created us equal.”

Source : "Vladimir Putin says USA not so special". Interview with Ben Knight, www.abc.net.au. September 13, 2013.

“It's hard keeping everything the same when the same things look and feel so different”

“I think I learned to appreciate and treasure each day, because you don't know how many you're going to be given.”

“How do you make your company a good place to work in general? That's a really, really, really large and complex set of skills. A lot of it is on-the-job training, combined with excellent mentorship.”

“If you hear the dogs, keep going. If you see the torches in the woods, keep going. If there's shouting after you, keep going. Don't ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going.”

Source : "It is Important to Have Black Faces on Dollars, but More Important to Get Dollars in Black Hands" by Dedrick Muhammad, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 4, 2016.