But the upside of painful knowledge is so much greater than the downside of blissful ignorance.

We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change.

If you're offered a seat on a rocket ship, don't ask what seat! Just get on.

Women don't take enough risks. Men are just 'foot on the gas pedal.' We're not going to close the achievement gap until we close the ambition gap.

So please ask yourself: What would I do if I weren't afraid? And then go do it.

Being confident and believing in your own self-worth is necessary to achieving your potential.

Next time you're about to call your daughter bossy, take a deep breath and say, 'My daughter has executive leadership skills.'

In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders.

We need women at all levels, including the top, to change the dynamic, reshape the conversation, to make sure women’s voices are heard and heeded, not overlooked and ignored.

Leadership is not bullying and leadership is not aggression. Leadership is the expectation that you can use your voice for good. That you can make the world a better place.

Your life's course will not be determined by doing the things that you are certain you can do. Those are the easy things. It will be determined by whether you try the things that are hard.

Divine love always has met and always will meet every human need.

Some people think that the truth can be hidden with a little cover-up and decoration. But as time goes by, what is true is revealed, and what is fake fades away.

I've been writing for a long time. I sat down to write my first novel in the middle of March of 1982.

If 50 percent of your career is not filled with failure, you're not really successful.

I have so many just precious, fond memories that revolve around food, and that's why I have such a passion for it.

Smile and maybe tomorrow you'll see that life is still worth while if you just smile

Call it what you will, incentives are what get people to work harder.

I've never really seen myself in the role of the victim.

If we can't get more John Rovnaks in this world, let's all support the John Rovnak we've got.

The NAACP was even considering earlier this summer reassessing their position on school integration.