All pain is the same.
Energy is the essence of life. Every day you decide how you’re going to use it by knowing what you want and what it takes to reach that goal, and my maintaining focus.
Life is about growth and change. When you are no longer doing that – that is your whisper; that is your whisper that you are supposed to do something else.
Mr. Right is coming, but he’s in Africa and he’s walking.
You are where you are in life because of what you believe is possible for yourself.
I remember a specific moment, watching my grandmother hang the clothes on the line, and her saying to me, ‘you are going to have to learn to do this,’ and me being in that space of awareness and knowing that my life would not be the same as my grandmother’s life.
We’re all here to figure out how to best give ourselves away.
When you run a race, you hurt your ability to compete when you turn your head to look at the competition chasing you, you lose a step physically and psychologically. Run the race always stretching to do your best, imitations will come in last, no one can catch an original.
In the end, all you have is your reputation.
Even as a kid, my memories are of books taking me out of myself.
I choose to rise up out of that storm and see that in moments of desperation, fear, and helplessness, each of us can be a rainbow of hope, doing what we can to extend ourselves in kindness and grace to one another. And I know for sure that there is no them – there’s only us.
You aren’t your past, you are probability of your future.
I always knew I was a hit record just waiting to happen.
Your gut is your inner compass. Whenever you have to consult with other people for an answer, you’re headed in the wrong direction.
I did not believe what I was told about being poor and black and female in Mississippi in 1954.
If you take care of your body, it’ll take care of you.
You are responsible for your life. It doesn’t matter what your Mama did. It doesn’t matter what your Daddy didn’t do. You are responsible for your life.
One percent doubt is zero percent faith.
Having the courage to stand up and pursue your dreams will give you life’s greatest reward and life’s greatest adventure.
Helping others is the way we help ourselves.