You have to feel good about yourself.

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.

Was this some new level of depravity? Had he developed a spinster fetish?

Drugs consumes mind, body and soul but only the weak gets devouerd

Life is paradoxical, but I believe that I could also be the same person I am today, if life would have cut me with happiness instead of pain.

There is no greater isolation a man may experience than to be lonely in a crowd.

Are you sure this isn't a nightmare? And that we won't just wake up?Yes.Because dreamers always wake up and leave their monsters behind.

Friendship with oneself is all important.

Have you not succeeded? Continue! Have you succeeded? Continue!

I'm always just surprised when someone writes something about me.

(about her teen years) My admirers all said the same thing in different ways. It was my fault, their wanting to kiss and hug me.

It has all been most interesting.