Beauty is an understanding of what you have, and it's forgiving yourself of what you don't have, and appreciating all of it.

Ain't nothing coming easily in this life. Sometimes you gotta work, you gotta grow and it gotta hurt.

Just because you have a nightmare doesn't mean you stop dreaming.

Find new treasures in yourself. Love doesn't die. Love is unyielding. It's going to come back. The more you love and appreciate yourself, the more prepared you are when the real thing shows up.

If you can't help me grow, there's no point with you being in my life.

Saturday Night Live is a show that I think I could have a lot of fun on, just being different characters and maybe singing, too.

I think every individual has his or her own power, and it's a matter of working, taking time and defining what that power is.

I just think it's silly to be stingy with compliments. If you see someone and they strike you as beautiful in any way, why not let them know?

To be a queen of a household is a powerful thing.

Just bc u loved and lost doesn't mean stop loving. If u have a nightmare, does it mean u stop dreaming?

I'm being all of me, and it feels stupendous. I don't want to leave this feeling.

We have a vision in Nigeria in which muslims and Christians shall live and work together as equals in conditions of peace and prosperity.

The heart is the instrument of love it refutes lies and embrace love

Climate change is happening, humans are causing it, and I think this is perhaps the most serious environmental issue facing us.

My father was one of ten children.

I'm kind of intimidated by the big screen - I often keep my performances much smaller and much more natural and subtle.

I don't know now if I'm funny. I just keep talking and hope that I hit something that's funny.

The poor man wants many things; the covetous man, all.

Anything that is non-violent is OK with me.

Being born in '31 was during the Depression and in my earlier youth World War II took place - so it was not the best of times, and yet I don't recall ever having experiences that were a burden.

What would we say if the Chinese sent a gunboat with their marines up the Mississippi River claiming they were protecting their laundries in Memphis?