My job as the mother of daughters is to make sure my children see that every opportunity is available to them.

I was an English major in college, and then I went to graduate school in English at the University of North Carolina for three years.

Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it's less good than the one you had before.

This diagnosis is a reminder that this is the life you've got. And you're not getting another one. Whatever has happened, you have to take this life and treasure and protect it.

It's just a part of our nature to hope.

... all things are possible if you are willing to put yourself on the line. You cannot stand back and hope for the best. You have to act.

You recognize a survivor when you see one. You recognize a fighter when you see one.

A lot of people have great hope, and a lot of people who have great hope live. And, some of them who have great hope die. So it's not that hope is going to save you.

Tabloid news is tabloid news.

We were never a family that had a lot. We had enough, but not a lot.

We have a middle class that lives on a razor blade. So sometimes when you say poverty, you neglect a large portion of the population.

There is always a need for a visionary man your vision will make you relevant in the scheme of men and your relevance will birth the needed money depending on the level of your functional-ability.

There's always, always a choice. My options might really, truly suck, but that doesn't mean there isn't a choice.

The doors of Hell are never bolted or barred, to those who belong there.

It's just a really cool deal to be a character in 'WWE 2K17.' Whether it's competing on Nitro or Halloween Havoc, to have me as an available character... it's a tribute.

There is nothing like a challenge to bring out the best in man.

I seldom go into a natural history museum without feeling as if I were attending a funeral.

Don't treat your heart like an action figure wrapped in plastic and never used.

Women do not think with logic and discretion but with emotions of the heart

Women, it turns out, are built to lead - particularly in the modern world.

My left brain is doing the best job it can with the information it has to work with. I need to remember, however, that there are enormous gaps between what I know and what I think I know.