No word is absolutely wrong or dirty or insulting. It all depends upon context and intention.

I'm convinced that we Black women possess a special indestructible strength that allows us to not only get down, but to get up, to get through, and to get over.

People do see me as sweet and innocent. Not to say that I am not those things. But I have other sides to me.

Competition is great. And as long as it's friendly and not a malicious thing, then I think it's cool.

I don't believe in luck. ... It's persistence, hard work, and not forgetting your dream.

I can be happy with who I am, not what I should be, or what I might have been, or what someone tells me I must be.

Believe in yourself. Have faith in yourself because no one else is going to.

It has taken me most of my adult life to come to terms with who I am. To do that, I had to break free of attitudes that brought me down.

In complete darkness we are all the same, it is only our knowledge and wisdom that separates us, don't let your eyes deceive you.

The greatest achievement to any human being is to love God, yourself, and others.

Every body type is different - that's what makes you unique. What makes you special is you, and you are different from the next person.

Love is my decision to make your problem my problem.

Life is magical. If life had no magic, it would be tragic.

In order to succeed, people need a sense of self-efficacy, to struggle together with resilience to meet the inevitable obstacles and inequities of life.

In disquisitions of every kind there are certain primary truths, or first principles, upon which all subsequent reasoning must depend.

I have seldom known a person who deserted the truth in trifles and then could be trusted in matters of importance.

Harebrained schemes often lead to great discoveries.

He was not of an age, but for all time!

The more prohibitions you have, the less virtuous people will be. Try to make people moral, and you lay the groundwork for vice.

Am I really a person who lives by faith? God can surely tell the difference between someone who walks in darkness and someone who walks with her eyes shut. Which am I?

I learned that people in wheelchairs are allowed to have marathons … which, to me, seems like cheating, but what are you gonna say?