When I didn’t have friends, I had books.
True self-esteem is realizing that you are valuable because you were born. No matter where you came from, what color your skin is, what people say about your family or what mean things people may have done to you, because you were born, you are important and you matter.
Know this for sure: When you get the chance, go for it.
There are still generations of people, older people, who were born and bred and marinated in it, in that prejudice and racism, and they just have to die.
If it’s not hard, you’re not dreaming big enough!
It’s much easier for me to make major life, multi-million dollar decisions, than it is to decide on a carpet for my front porch. That’s the truth.
The true test of courage is to be afraid and to go ahead and do it anyway – to be scared, is to have your knees knocking, but to walk on in there anyway.
There’s a level of disrespect for the office that occurs. And that occurs in some cases and maybe even many cases because he’s African American. There’s no question about that and it’s the kind of thing nobody ever says but everybody’s thinking it.
There’s a group of 12 oak trees on my property in California that I call ‘my disciples.’ Their branches form a canopy over the ground, and I sit underneath them for inspiration.
I wasn’t the cutest or the most talented, but I could get through the question-and-answer period.
I am where I am because of the bridges I have crossed.
If you let it, the noise of the world will drown out the voice of God, which is your intuition.
I cannot be defined by what other people think.
What’s wrong with the world and what can we do to change it?
It does not matter how you came into the world, what matters is that you are here.
Are you ready to stop colluding with a culture that makes so many of us feel physically inadequate? Say goodbye to your inner critic, and take this pledge to be kinder to yourself and others.
I don’t think you ever stop giving. I really don’t. I think it’s an on-going process. And it’s not just about being able to write a check. It’s being able to touch somebody’s life.
I’ve often called mothers the greatest spiritual teachers in the world.
To play down mothering as small is to crack the very foundation on which greatness stands.
Have a similar outlook as a monarch. A ruler is not reluctant to come up short. Disappointment is an alternate steppingstone to significance.