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

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.

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.

The pain is necessary. Sometimes pain is the teacher we require, a hidden gift of healing and hope.

Indeed, if the Framers intended unenumerated rights to be protected without a bill of rights, how can we imagine that those rights were meant to be any less secure with a bill of rights.

And I am glad to know that there is a system of labor - where the laborer can strike if he wants to! I would to God that such a system prevailed all over the world.

I believe in the limitlessness of humans. We're capable of incredible things. At times, that realization is frightening.

Hillary Clinton is taken in massive amounts of money from foreign countries and other things.

There are certain men and women who, from the minute they step in front of a camera, that's exactly where they belong. Connery's one.

literacy is at the heart of sustainable development

We have an economic policy that is just about 10,000 years out of date.

There are gods, but there is no God; and all gods become devils eventually.

Country music is still your grandpa's music, but it's also your daughter's music. It's getting bigger and better all the time and I'm glad to be a part of it.

Let the audience put 2 and 2 together so that it comes up with 4. Let them do that themselves, and they'll love you forever.