Something good was happening. My life was rising from the ashes, and the sight of it left me feeling something like hopeful.

We are only as great as our struggles. We only become who we are in the face of them.

The human condition is imperfection. And that's how it's supposed to be.

Be brave with your life, so others will be brave with theirs.

We build our lives in moments, and even the ones we can't remember become the story of who we are.

Don't let anyone convince you that love doesn't matter.

Beauty comes from tenderness.

You don't have to be perfect to be awesome.

What matters most is how you respond to your heartbreaks and your disappointments and your fears. What matters most is who you become in response to them.

The best things about womanhood might possibly even be the conversations. The chatting. The gabbing. The whispering. The hands-on-hips eye-rolling. The yukking-it up.

Our lives disappear, even as we live them.

Who would have guessed that four minutes could change everything?

Blaming other people inevitably makes us blame ourselves because if we are pointing the finger at someone, practically, we are pointing it at ourselves as well.

I was surprise to see the world didn't stop just cause my boy did.

No matter was the professional talkers tell you, I never met a black boy who wanted to fail.

Three courses open lie to wealth, to give, enjoy, or lose, Who shrinketh from the former two, perforce the third doth choose.

I once shook hands with Pat Boone, and my whole right side sobered up!

Mobs may assemble, calumny may defame, but the work of God will go forth boldly, nobly, and independent.

I definitely have an alter ego that can come out and get me out of situations where I'm having social anxiety. I can take a deep breath and create a bubble so I can perform in some way.

My advice to you concerning applause is this: enjoy it but never quite believe it

You think education is something to be done when all else fails?