In a world where there is so much to be done, I felt strongly impressed that there must be something for me to do.

Confession is always weakness. The grave soul keeps its own secrets, and takes its own punishment in silence.

There is no weapon in the feminine armory to which men are so vulnerable as they are to a smile.

It is only the women whose eyes have been washed clear with tears who get the broad vision that makes them little sisters to all the world.

I have learned to live each day as it comes, and not to borrow trouble by dreading tomorrow. It is the dark menace of the future that makes cowards of us.

There isn't a single human being who hasn't plenty to cry over, and the trick is to make the laughs outweigh the tears.

The comfortable and comforting people are those who look upon the bright side of life; gathering its roses and sunshine and making the most that happens seem the best.

It is a queer thing, but imaginary troubles are harder to bear than actual ones.

The price of indulging yourself in your youth in the things you cannot afford is poverty and dependence in your old age.

Nobody wants to kiss when they are hungry.

Drying a widow's tears is one of the most dangerous occupations known to man.

_____________________" I'm lost for words.

I met an American woman and got married so I had to get a job.

The world isn't what you think it is.

You can't really feel the direct change from one president to another versus people closer to you in local elections.

I shall dance all my life. . . . I would like to die, breathless, spent, at the end of a dance.

I realized [using my own voice] is what creates the performance in the performance art and that's what helps creates the distance for the viewers, like the distance that I get when I step back.

This book, "Speaking Freely," starts when I came to New York. And the first chapter is about a man who became a friend of mine, much to our mutual surprise, Malcolm X.

Ric Flair, you put me in this position. You named me the Legend Killer and after Tuesday, you will respect me.

Gloom is but a shadow of a cloud passing by

Women are not just victims; they are survivors and leaders on the community-level backlines of peace and stability.