The choices we make about the lives we live determine the kinds of legacies we leave.

- Tavis Smiley

We need to elect leaders who understand that leadership is about loving and serving people, not about self-advancement.

- Tavis Smiley

I learned early on that it's heartbreaking to - there's the editor that comes in, and then they have to craft the movie together, and sometimes you g…

- Tavis Smiley

Regardless of your race, religion or political affiliation, never hesitate to question those in authority.

- Tavis Smiley

Take your focus off how others see you. Cease being obsessed with the need to impress your friends and your foes. Keep your concern on the vision you…

- Tavis Smiley

Sometimes rejection in life is really redirection.

- Tavis Smiley

In some states, not even 50 percent of black boys finish high school.

- Tavis Smiley

I don't think I'd live anything over, even though I've made a lot of mistakes. I have learned how to see failure as a friend. So, I'm not one to live…

- Tavis Smiley

This administration and these folk who run Washington are no more interested in our welfare and our well being than the man on the moon. And we have …

- Tavis Smiley