Only one thing is more frightening than speaking your truth, and that is not speaking.

We as women are trained to see ourselves as cheap imitations of fashion photographs, rather than seeing fashion photographs as cheap imitations of women

A Mother who radiates self-love and self-acceptance actually VACCINATES her daughter against low self-esteem.

A cultural fixation on female thinness is not an obsession about female beauty but an obsession about female obedience.

The woman wins who calls herself beautiful, and challenges the world to change to fit her vision.

What editors are obliged to appear to say that

Culture stereotypes women to fit the myth by flattening the feminine into beauty-without-intelligence or intelligence-without-beauty; women are allowed a mind or a body but not both.

Women who love themselves are threatening; but men who love real women, more so.

Spokespeople sell women the Iron Maiden and name her "Health": if public discourse were really concerned with women's health, it would turn angrily upon this aspect of the beauty myth.

Cosmetic surgery processes the bodies of woman-made women, who make up the vast majority of its patient pool, into man-made women.

Obstacles, of course, are developmentally necessary: they teach kids strategy, patience, critical thinking, resilience and resourcefulness.

I don't think you can reach your potential as a writer unless you're a passionate reader, AND read passionately.

Poverty is the discoverer of all the arts.

In his dealings with the world, the gentleman is not invariably for or against anything. He is on the side of what is moral.

I don't know if I particularly want to be remembered for anything. I personally do not think I'm a great gift to the world. I've been very fortunate.

Without a doubt my mother was an inspiration for my writing. This is true in many ways, but mostly because she is a wonderful storyteller, without even knowing it.

You have a small period of time when you can perfect your career and become good at it. A lot of guys get distracted, which only hurts them. You must stay focused and work very hard at boxing.

Bush fell off his bike while mountain biking on his ranch over the weekend. He hit a rough spot in the trail. There's a switch - the environment hurting Bush.

One of the major ingredients for professional success in science is luck. Without this, forget it.

Whatever I believe here and whatever you think I'm advocating, it's not because I care what happens to the Republican Party. I care about what happens to America!

But pearls are fair; and the old saying is: Black men are pearls in beauteous ladies' eyes.