Style helps distinguish you . . . It's a great potential opportunity that people tend to leave by the wayside

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.

Books have given me a magic portal to connect with people of the past and the present. I know I shall never feel lonely or powerless again.

Conflict and character are the heart of good fiction, and good mystery has both of those in spades.

When learning use the present moment to FOCUS on comprehension bringing the information into the flesh.

Here is a new spiritual practice for you: don't take your thoughts too seriously.

Talent seduces us into interpretation. My sister could draw wonderfully, but she would never have hit upon the idea of becoming a painter. I never had that extreme talent.

It never occurs to you when you are very young to need something other than what your parents have to offer you.

My earliest memories are the best. I always try to remember the good times when Daddy was alive.

I do know that I need solitude, not only to write but to nourish myself (being, like most writers, an introvert) so that I do keep trying to write.

I am worried that the collapse of home prices might turn out to be the most severe since the Great Depression.

I realized that if what we call human nature can be changed, then absolutely anything is possible. From that moment my life changed.