It was when I realized I needed to stop trying to be somebody else and be myself, that I actually started to own, accept and love what I had.

I am learning every day to allow the space between where I am and where I want to be to inspire me and not terrify me.

I want to be awake. I want to choose kindness, live & let live. I want joy, gratitude, and peace today.

Just embrace your hair! I really feel like I am not an advocate for people doing what I do. I'm an advocate for people discovering and finding what works for them.

When I'm not working, I spend a lot of time on my hair. When it's time for my hair to get some rest, I either wear it in a ponytail, bun or my favorite "milkmaid" braid.

Wisdom means to choose now what will make sense later.

In some of the darkest and hardest moments, there is always a part of me that is okay. And I can always access that part of me.

Differences in experience, points of view and opinions aren't what pulls us apart. It's what pulls us together.

I hope they look at me and think, 'That lady looks like she accepts herself'.

We all, as women, need to continue to change our gaze from how we are seen to how we are seeing.

I'm extremely blessed to have the extraordinary mother that I have, and I don't mean Diana Ross, I mean the mother. My mom paved a road that didn't exist, as did Oprah.

Don't hate yourselves because you will regret in the future. Your souls may be valuable in society.

Leave the beaten track behind occasionally and dive into the woods.

Some days I make 20 bets. Some days, I make none...so I wait, plan, marshal my resources. And when I finally see an opportunity and there is a bet to make, I bet it all.

For me, all of the data that is contained in your cell memory, and in your energetic field, is able to be picked up.

If I have known much trouble in my youth, I have also known much joy.

I want to make big films. That's always been my ambition.

I try to choose the songs that really are basically coming from my heart. I think that through the songs that I select, people know what's going on in my life.

What we dislike in others is often a weakness in our own lives.

We cannot live without the knowledge that someone cares about us.

A curious thought experiment. . . Nietzsche's message to us was to live life in such a way that we would be willing to repeat the same life eternally