Without community service, we would not have a strong quality of life. It's important to the person who serves as well as the recipient. It's the way in which we ourselves grow and develop.

Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition he or she has overcome to reach his goals.

Progress comes from caring more about what needs to be done than about who gets the credit

Civil rights are civil rights. There are no persons who are not entitled to their civil rights... We have to recognize that we have a long way to go, but we have to go that way together.

When you're a black woman, you seldom get to do what you just want to do; you always do what you have to do.

We've got to work to save our children and do it with full respect for the fact that if we do not, no one else is going to do it.

There is no contradiction between effective law enforcement and respect for civil and human rights.

My mother helped me understand how not to show off what I knew, but how to use it so that others might benefit.

If the time is not ripe, we have to ripen the time.

No one will do for you what you need to do for yourself. We cannot afford to be separate. We have to see that all of us are in the same boat.

If you worry about who is going to get credit, you don't get much work done.

I've never done any Hallmark movies. I don't know why.

Society is divided into two classes: the shearers and the shorn. We should always be with the former against the latter.

Judge a man not by how he treats his equals but by how he treats his inferiors.

The only thing that weakens worry is work, so I will be working for Marie Corfield

The tillage of the soil occupies the vast majority of those who work for their own bread.

I've never tried to learn the art of acting. I have been in the business for years but I still can't tell what acting is or how it's done.

I love Fall Fashion Week because it means lots of layering, long sweaters and vintage coats.

I would love to be in the position where the role is challenging enough that I need three months to prepare for it and then six months to live the life of character.

I also know what looks good before the camera, how to move the camera, and how to get a story on the screen.

Love from one side hurts, but love from two sides heals.