If given a choice, I would have certainly selected to be what I am: one of the oppressed instead of one of the oppressors.

Be careful, think about the effect of what you say. Your words should be constructive, bring people together, not pull them apart.

The conqueror writes history, they came, they conquered and they write. You don't expect the people who came to invade us to tell the truth about us.

Girls are the future mothers of our society, and it is important that we focus on their well-being.

I kept my culture. I kept the music of my roots. Through my music I became this voice and image of Africa and the people without even realising.

Age is getting to know all the ways the world turns, so that if you cannot turn the world the way you want, you can at least get out of the way so you won't get run over.

There are three things I was born with in this world, and there are three things I will have until the day I die-hope, determination, and song.

Africa has her mysteries, and even a wise man cannot understand them. But a wise man respects them

I see other black women imitate my style, which is no style at all, but just letting our hair be itself. They call it the Afro Look.

I do not sing politics. I merely sing the truth.

Age is wisdom if one has lived ones life properly.

If you walk and talk with God, you will never miss the direction to your divine future. Be bold and offer your heart to be led by God.

There is always something to be happy about if we look for it: ‘Two men looked through prison bars, The one saw mud, the other stars.'

You can never say you're big - I don't think you can ever take anything like that for granted.

When I'm working on a novel, I work 70-hour weeks.

Beware of "the real world". A speaker's apeal to it is always an invitation not to challenge his tacit assumptions.

A great man is not a man so strong that he feels less than other men; he is a man so strong that he feels more.

When characters have different goals and are intent on achieving them, conflict results. If the stakes are high and both sides are unyielding, you have the makings of high drama.

If you're going to play together as a team, you've got to care for one another. you've got to love each other.

An act of goodness is of itself an act of happiness. No reward coming after the event can compare with the sweet reward that went with it.

If you want to stay in business, satisfy customers. If you want to excel in business, delight customers.