QUOTE OF THE WEEK: from business icon EARL GRAVES SR., publisher of Black Enterprise Magazine

These words of inspiration were "kidnapped" from, publisher, Earl Graves Jr.'s page found in the January 09 edition of Black Enterprise Magazine.

"NO MORE EXCUSES"

Let us be clear: the presidential inauguration of Obama is not just about one, world changing moment. For African-Americans, it marks the birth of a new movement, one with a simple defining creed: No more excuses. To our young Black men, too many of whom have been allowed to embrace the sin of low expectation: No more excuses. To Black professionals lamenting racism on the job while worshiping daily at the altar of mediocrity: No more excuses. To those obsessed with the trappings of wealth, yet who refuse to invest in their own financial education or to exercise fiscal discipline: No more excuses. To those who complain about the ills of our community, yet who are unwilling to invest their time, money, or energy to bring about solutions: No more excuses.................The rallying cry of the Obama campaign was not "Yes He Can", but "Yes We Can." And now that we've done it, now that the impossible has proven possible after all, there is no turning back. There are no more excuses.