Until we get equality in education, we won't have an equal society.

Success is its own reward, but failure is a great teacher too, and not to be feared.

As you discover what strength you can draw from your community in this world from which it stands apart, look outward as well as inward. Build bridges instead of walls.

I do know one thing about me: I don't measure myself by others' expectations or let others define my worth.

Experience has taught me that you cannot value dreams according to the odds of their coming true. Their real value is in stirring within us the will to aspire.

I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life.

Remember that no one succeeds alone. Never walk alone in your future paths.

Whether born from experience or inherent physiological or cultural differences...our gender and national origins may and will make a difference in our judging.

Until we reach equality in education, we can't reach equality in the larger society.

The Latina in me is an ember that blazes forever.

There are no bystanders in life [...] Our humanity makes us each a part of something greater than ourselves.

Choices makes us, choices made at mire proves a person to be righteous or evil. It depends on us to be vanquished or to stand indomitable to a predicament.

How is that for some people drinking is a short-term loan on the spirit, but for others a heavy mortgage on the soul?

You know, from age 17 on, my paycheck was coming from cooking and working in kitchens.

After scolding one's cat one looks into its face and is seized by the ugly suspicion that it understood every word. And has filed it for reference.

There is only one way to get ready for immortality, and that is to love this life and live it as bravely and faithfully and cheerfully as we can.

The Bible contains the revelation of the will of God. It contains the history of the creation of the world, and of mankind.

Suck it up. This is the life you chose for yourself, so buck up and deal.

I'm divorced and I've been to the circus and seen the clowns. This ain't my first rodeo.

Woman is the heart of humanity ... its grace, ornament, and solace.

Any leader who doesn't support the heart of evolving humanity is not a leader worthy of being followed.