When I finally make up my mind that I want to do something, it's never been hard for me to do.

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.

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

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.

Some people gave up on their wishes and dreams because they’d been disappointed too many times in life and just didn’t have the courage to keep hoping things would change

If any man ceases to attack me, I never remember the past against him.

Every experience has a pattern and sometimes it teaches us through the spirit of patience captured, that there are no coincidences in life.

People have some really crazy ideas about love, friends and relationships. They have the absurd belief that their friends, children, family, lovers and companions can make them happy.

The biggest obstacle was mixing abortion with overpopulation. These are two things that have nothing to do with each other.

My problem with new writers is that it takes me five or six years to memorise the right names.

Flee an enemy who knows your weakness.

There are 50 new tabloids every year, and I'm in them, and I read them, and I do stupid things.

Through the craziness, yoga classes allow me a safe space to breathe and put energy into myself.

Boy poison - a boy's kisses were like a poison, which infected you and after you were exposed you craved more, like an addict.