Where I'm from, you learned about God before you learned to read and write. Our faith is what grounds us.

The way to bring about change is to be proactive and active.

One thing I've learned is be comfortable in your skin, and more importantly, be comfortable in your shoes.

I can only live in my truth.

To be silent is to be passive.

As you make your way along life's tumultuous highways, it's important to note that you should always carry a map, have plenty of fuel in the tank, and take frequent rest stops.

You have to create your own path and I'm up to the challenge.

The things that scare you only make you better and stronger.

I just know that the one thing that we all have in common is challenges. No one lives a challenge free life.

Everything happens when it's supposed to.

There are enough negative images of Black women out there and I did not want to portray Dorothy Vaughn in any stereotype. I wanted to make sure that her integrity was preserved.

Some people think that it’s okay to be downright nasty to people they love. It is not okay. Nasty is never called for, and it’s certainly not sweet, useful, nor positive.

One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas I'll never know.

The educated man tries to repress the inferior one in himself, without realizing that by this he forces the latter to become revolutionary.

Love could never bloom in a concrete block room.

Depression cannot be overcome by listing a series of good things in one's life, any more than a broken foot can be healed by thinking about all the other bones you have that aren't broken.

I represent Orlando, Florida, the world's number one vacation destination.

The peak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary.

I'm lonely! I'm bored!

The wound that's made by fire will heal, But the wound that's made by tongue will never heal.

A war between Europeans is a civil war.