You don't know how many people come up to me and say, 'This child was conceived listening to you.'

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.

Talk about a dream, try to make it real

If people could fall apart, why couldn't they fall back together?

A wise man fights to win but he is twice a fool who has no plan for possible defeat.

Though chains be of gold, they are chains all the same.

You couldn't change the past. You could only go forward

A love story, at least a convincing one, requires three elements - the lover, the beloved, and the adventures they have together.

I don't care what problem you face; it has no power to defeat the cross of Christ.

I don't read reviews because by then it's too late - whatever anyone says, the book won't change. It is written.

If the government was as afraid of disturbing the consumer as it is of disturbing business, this would be some democracy.

Comfortless was my religion, anxiety of the anxieties, for I believed God was not love, but courage. Love came only as a reward.