I don't have a lot of friends.

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.

Life is a journey of astonishing beauty, and this is what makes life worth living.

I always fill the chat box, almost every day, and end up deleting my heart.

The reason I could never be an atheist is because when they get together they have literally nothing to talk about.

For as long as I am your mother and you are my only child, i will worry and hope and pray for you. Do not ask the impossible.

All things which greatly hurt me greatly teach me

It is not wise to be wiser than is necessary.

Pictures are wasted unless the motive power which impelled you to action is strong and stirring.

Disease is cured by the body itself, not by doctors or remedies.

Your only limitations are those you set up in your mind, or permit others to set up for you.

Today was a good day for Hill Air Force Base and Utah.