Over the years I've become more confident in people's ability to recognize a good thing.

Success isn't about how much money you make, it's about the difference you make in people's lives.

The only limit to the height of your achievements is the reach of your dreams and your willingness to work hard for them.

There is no magic to achievement. It's really about hard work, choices, and persistence.

Always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody says distract you from your goals.

I admit it: I am louder than the average human being and have no fear of speaking my mind. These traits don't come from the color of my skin but from an unwavering belief in my own intelligence.

Every girl, no matter where she lives, deserves the opportunity to develop the promise inside of her.

We've got a responsibility to live up to the legacy of those who came before us by doing all that we can to help those who come after us.

No matter who you are, no matter where you come from, you are beautiful.

When women and girls rise, their communities and their countries rise with them

Women and girls can do whatever they want. There is no limit to what we as women can accomplish.

It is forbidden to kill

There is always a double meaning in life...

Energy is the golden thread that connects economic growth, increased social equity, and an environment that allows the world to thrive.

The gospel is good news only if it arrives in time.

I have more eating memories than cooking memories and many memories of being in the kitchen - I was always attracted to the kitchen - but nobody ever wanted me to touch anything.

Should not the giver be thankful that the receiver received? Is not giving a need? Is not receiving, mercy?

I know that I was able to find my way out of most of my feelings by writing.

My biggest fear is love and getting hurt in love but still believing.

Los Angeles is peopled by waiters and carpenters and drivers who are there to be actors.

It is just possible that the tensions in a novel of murder are the simplest and yet most complete pattern of the tensions on which we live in this generation.