In a magazine, one can get - from cover to cover - 15 to 20 different ideas about life and how to live it.

Nothing will work unless you do.

A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. They simply strengthen your ability to overcome.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style

If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.

You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!

Don't think, Ember...just burn.

If there is one thing that has helped me as a coach, it's my ability to recognize winners, or good people who can become winners by paying the price.

This is why I believe that many of our current eschatologies, intoxicated by dubious interpretations of John’s Apocalypse are not only ignorant and wrong, but dangerous and immoral.

I've done too many stupid things for there not to be movies made about me when I'm dead, so I might as well write the script.

Any woman who has a great deal to offer the world is in trouble. And if she's a black woman, seh's in deep trouble.

He rules the world with truth and grace, and makes the nations prove, the glories of His righteousness and wonders of His love.

It's the only real advantage to getting older. You get to say what you mean and stop apologizing.

A well-behaved woman seldom makes history

Love of self and love of life connects us with the prosperity of the Universe. Self-love creates self-expression and allows us to be creative in deeply fulfilling ways.

You can't have good ideas unless you're willing to generate a lot of bad ones.