God's grace and revelation are the monopoly of no race or nation.

Where there is love there is life.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

True beauty lies in purity of the heart.

The future depends on what you do today.

Fearlessness is the first requisite of spirituality. Cowards can never be moral.

In a gentle way, you can shake the world

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

They cannot take away our self respect if we do not give it to them.

An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.

Relationships are based on four principles: respect, understanding, acceptance and appreciation.

Beauty set up distance between other people and me. It warped their behavior.

People are gonna look up to me because I'm young, black, and female.

Often it is the means that justify the ends: goals advance technique and technique survives even when goal structures crumble.

In almost any profession, even if you're the kid of an actor, people are very supportive and want to see the next generation.

I would mimic what I saw in Grease and Guys and Dolls in front of my mom's mirror and I would practice voices and songs. When you put me alone in a room, that's what I would do.

Can I ask you a question?" "You already have." He paused, considering. "Can I ask you two questions, then?" "You already have.

If you listen to your own voice, unknown friends will come and seek you.

You are much closer than you think to creating a life you adore.

I don't believe that people should take their own lives without deep and thoughtful reflection over a considerable period of time. (suicide note)

I have a hard time with scheduling, and with hunkering down and planning. That's always been a struggle for me.