61 Quotes by Kwame Kilpatrick

My kids want to go back to Detroit everyday, that's their home. They want to be there. But Detroit is going through something that I don't want to be a part of.

When you are going through something like compaign run nothing happens without Allah's permission. So a lot of the times you just have to surrender to his will and learning how to surrender was a major thing for me, getting me out of the way, surrendering to the will of God.

Sometimes your gift takes you to a place that your character is not prepared to handle.

Character issues such as drug abuse are not exclusive to Detroit Public Schools. My reference to substance abuse, not intended to focus on any particular school district, was simply used to illustrate this position.

I was building the plane while flying it in the first term,

Personality is a person among persons. There is no personality of one man on a desert island.

You've got to help me solve those problems, ... We need each other in this city, in this region and in this state more than we've ever needed each other before. But the region can only be strong if you have a strong Detroit.

I heard somebody say that you can’t judge a tree by the bark it wears but by the fruit it bears.

When you are going through something like compaign run nothing happens without Allah’s permission. So a lot of the times you just have to surrender to his will and learning how to surrender was a major thing for me, getting me out of the way, surrendering to the will of God.