Any upward movement is movement for us all.

The way to bring about change is to be proactive and active.

One thing I've learned is be comfortable in your skin, and more importantly, be comfortable in your shoes.

I can only live in my truth.

To be silent is to be passive.

As you make your way along life's tumultuous highways, it's important to note that you should always carry a map, have plenty of fuel in the tank, and take frequent rest stops.

You have to create your own path and I'm up to the challenge.

The things that scare you only make you better and stronger.

I just know that the one thing that we all have in common is challenges. No one lives a challenge free life.

Everything happens when it's supposed to.

There are enough negative images of Black women out there and I did not want to portray Dorothy Vaughn in any stereotype. I wanted to make sure that her integrity was preserved.

Love is what creates the freedom and relaxation to be who we really are.

When we rely on our own strength, God’s opportunities become inaccessible to us.

It is the tension between creativity and skepticism that has produced the stunning and unexpected findings of science.

What I ate for breakfast on school mornings was one buttered roll--a soft roll, not a hard roll--and one cup of cocoa; any attempt to alter this menu I regarded as a plot to poison me.

With the Internet and social media being a huge part of today's culture, I think it's super important to promote staying smart online.

I don't mind how many letters I receive from one who interests me as much as you do. The receptive part of correspondence I can carry on with much alacrity. It is writing answers that I groan over.

People who climb from one rung of society to another can never do anything simply.

When I stand on a street in a Canadian city and look across the street, it couldn't be anywhere but Canada, but how can I prove it?

The next time you are called to suffer, pay attention. It may be the closest you'll ever get to God.

When you have broken the reality into concepts you never can reconstruct it in its wholeness.