I believe that whatever your religious preference, there has to be a commitment to family because everything really does start there.

I admire the women who can have babies and jump right back to work. As a nursing mother, I couldn’t sit there and just pump all day. I needed to be close to my baby.

Enjoy life, study hard, play hard, be kind to other people, set high standards, and don't be afraid to say "No."

I think it's a beautiful thing when you wear a uniform or a garb which represents a group of people, because what it immediately symbolizes is oneness, togetherness.

The last step will be letting my hair go natural. That's when you'll know I'm free.

I'm a self-made woman. I've never compromised myself.

So I think if we’d just take our time as women, and do what comes natural to us and for us, we would make fewer mistakes.

First of all when you're a mommy like you like the consistency of being on a show like that's just peace of mind, I know I have financial, you know stability.

I've seen some great write ups and I emailed her the other night because I saw her on an awards show recently.

I've always been raised to love everyone, to accept everyone for their differences, and to just be open. But at a young, a very young age, I realized what racism was all about.

I don't think you should reprimand your child for everything you're feeling because for them it's as serious as when something happens in our day and we get upset about it.

That cardinal virtue, temperance.

Everybody eats, everybody learns to cook

Our response to an offense determines our future.

Be yourself. The happiest and most successful people are those who feel the most comfortable with themselves.

Whatever is associated with the mind is bound to change. The truth is that which is changeless. It is the Self.

Expensive clothes are a waste of money.

You do not live in a vacuum nor can you harvest the better fruits of life without help and ENCOURAGEMENT from others.

Music is hugely important to me.

A good teacher teaches people how to see, not what to see.

I would dye my hair every week. I wanted to be a really goth teenager.