To girls and women everywhere, I issue a simple invitation. My sisters, my daughters, my friends; find your voice

The size of your dreams must always exceed your current capacity to achieve them. If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough.

Ethnicity should enrich us; it should make us a unique people in our diversity and not be used to divide us.

Future generations will judge us not by what we say, but what we do.

If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough.

I work hard, I work late, I have nothing on my conscience. When I go to bed, I sleep.

Leadership is never given on a silver platter, one has to earn it.

Women work harder. And women are more honest; they have less reasons to be corrupt.

The people of Liberia know what it means to be deprived of clean water. But we also know what it means to see our children begin to smile again, with a restoration of hope and faith in the future.

If your dreams don't scare you, you aren't dreaming big enough.

As more men become more educated and women get educated, the value system has to be more enhanced and the respect for human dignity and human life is made better.

The pitcher cries for water to carry and a person for work that is real.

I was aware of it, but I grew up in a very a-religious family. My mother never went to church, she never had any religious training or background. It was never a part of our social interaction.

You know later in life I was inspired to sing and that would've been Aretha, Chaka Khan, Mariah - the typical divas were the inspiration. I've always enjoyed all those singers.

The critics try to intellectualize my material. There's no satire involved. Satire is a concept that can only be understood by adults. My stuff is straight, for people of all ages.

Those who do not hate their own selfishness and regard themselves as more important than the rest of the world are blind because the truth lies elsewhere

The modern day anarchists known as the Tea Party, they believe in no government.

I like making stories and characters that people can relate to. I also like giving the audience a departure from whatever they're thinking about in their life and enjoying a show or a movie.

Philosophy insists that there is a joy which is absolute, which never changes.

Everyone wants to be perceived a certain way, to gain the things that they have decided are the things that they want in their life.