I loved planning 'The Tyra Show' more than actually having to do it. I loved coming up with show ideas, honing each program and crafting it. I'm more excited being in a meeting than being on TV.

Never dull your shine for somebody else.

Don't chase the money... chase the passion. Because that's what is going to keep you happy and motivated and jumping out of that bed Monday morning.

I haven't seen the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, the Louvre. I haven't seen anything. I don't really care.

Love every part of yourself. Even the things that frustrate you. They make you who you are!

Black women have always been these vixens, these animalistic erotic women. Why can't we just be the sexy American girl next door?

Stop saying these negative things about yourself. Look in the mirror and find something about yourself that's positive and celebrate that!

There is 3 key things for good photography: the camera,lighting and... Photoshop

I love the confidence that makeup gives me.

Self-love has very little to do with how you feel about your outer self. It's about accepting all of yourself.

You can have all the potential in world, but unless you have confidence, you have nothing.

What we are is not all that we may become.

Your most important task as a leader is to teach people how to think and ask the right questions so that the world doesn't go to hell if you take a day off.

Mel exhaled. "Why are you forcing me into the voice-of-reason role? You know that never works out for us.

Ignorance of how we are shaped racially is the first sign of privilege. In other words. It is a privilege to ignore the consequences of race in America.

It is fascinating to see how much Pope Francis relies on the work of the bishops in the Synods.

My motto in life is that nothing is impossible, no target unachievable - one just has to try harder and harder.

A gate to nature is a gate to heaven!

If you work with any new technology, you have to expect that it's going to be a little problematic.

It always pays off to focus on things that will make you feel proud. Remember this during every difficult decision you face.

Nothing is more completely the child of art than a garden.