“At the end of the day, we're defined by our predicament, not by the si...” — Jesse Jackson Quote

At the end of the day, we're defined by our predicament, not by the sides of town.

When you create more small businesses, you create small entrepreneurship. Out of that comes self-determination and employment.

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.

What is the American dream? The American dream is one big tent. One big tent. And on that big tent you have four basic promises: equal protection under the law, equal opportunity, equal access, and fair share.

When we're unemployed, we're called lazy; when the whites are unemployed it's called a depression.

Each new day has a different shape to it. You just roll with it.

As long as I'm learning something, I figure I'm OK - it's a decent day.

At the end of the day, the goals are simple: safety and security.

Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.

Every minute of every hour of every day you are making the world, just as you are making yourself, and you might as well do it with generosity and kindness and style.