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“I was looking for excellence in any color or gender it comes in. Some of my top people are African American but not all of them.”

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You can't just be a recipient of a blessing, you have to do something to make it happen.

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The pursuit of your life is to come into [your] purpose. And the waste of your life is to miss that purpose.

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Set the goal to harvest what's in you rather than having a car, house or a relationship.

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Excellence requires discomfort.

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I wasn't looking out, I was looking in. I knew something was in me, I just wasn't sure how valuable it was.

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God's not going to promote you because you have a dream, He's going to promote you because you've maximized where you are so now…

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You cannot have a private relationship in a public arena. You must look to an inner circle of people who really know you. Don't…

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Worry worships the words of the enemy

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I didn't know who I was and I didn't know if what was in me was any good. But my parents taught me to…

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How you think about your opportunities determines how you will act on them.

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You are just one idea away from what you sow in your brains, in your prophecies that God spoke over your life. You're one…

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If you learn how to forgive others for not being strong, then people can learn how to forgive you for your own issues.

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