The pain is necessary. Sometimes pain is the teacher we require, a hidden gift of healing and hope.

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.

It was like the beginning of life and laughter. It was the real meaning of the sun

Leadership in today's world requires far more than a large stock of gunboats and a hard fist at the conference table.

I have too much money invested in sweaters.

I do the very best I can, I mean to keep going. If the end brings me out all right, then what is said against me won't matter. If I'm wrong, ten angels swearing I was right won't make a difference.

Software will get to be somewhat more mature, ah, but it will never be as predictable as most areas of engineering.

The latest computer modeling I've seen indicates that at mid-century, there might be 150 million people classified as "environmental refugees."

Light be the earth upon you, lightly rest.

Guns will make us powerful; butter will only make us fat.

For me, the magazine was always the heart of what my life was all about, and the other half was living the life.

God will not be outdone in generosity.