I always get bored with my hair. That's why I would always change it throughout my career.

I'm convinced that we Black women possess a special indestructible strength that allows us to not only get down, but to get up, to get through, and to get over.

People do see me as sweet and innocent. Not to say that I am not those things. But I have other sides to me.

Competition is great. And as long as it's friendly and not a malicious thing, then I think it's cool.

I don't believe in luck. ... It's persistence, hard work, and not forgetting your dream.

I can be happy with who I am, not what I should be, or what I might have been, or what someone tells me I must be.

Believe in yourself. Have faith in yourself because no one else is going to.

It has taken me most of my adult life to come to terms with who I am. To do that, I had to break free of attitudes that brought me down.

In complete darkness we are all the same, it is only our knowledge and wisdom that separates us, don't let your eyes deceive you.

The greatest achievement to any human being is to love God, yourself, and others.

Every body type is different - that's what makes you unique. What makes you special is you, and you are different from the next person.

Don't waste your whole lifetime waiting for the perfect life when there's a perfectly good one within and right in front of you.

How did I picture the life after the grave? I fairly bawled out at him: "A life in which I can remember this life on earth. That's all I want of it.

Your language looks like a treasure map, ' she said, 'if you forget all the rest of the letters and focus in on the x, it looks as if you could find out where the treasure is.

Boring is the right thought at the wrong time.

Unhappy, let alone angry, religious people provide more persuasive arguments for atheism and secularism than do all the arguments of atheists.

Your desire to communicate must be bigger than your relationship with the chaotic and unfair realities.

Whoever doesn't flare up at someone who's angry wins a battle hard to win.

I regularly sell out more in England than I do in America.

God laughs at men's plans.

I don't think I've ever drunk champagne before breakfast before. With breakfast on several occasions, but never before before.