Would you do your job and not be paid for it? I would do this job, and take on a second job just to make ends meet if nobody paid me. That’s how you know you are doing the right thing.
Lessons often come dressed up as detours and roadblocks.
There were no ugly people in Ethiopia.
One of my best moves is to surround myself with friends who, instead of asking, ‘Why?’ are quick to say, ‘Why not?’ That attitude is contagious.
Eating more consciously now feels like a way of being. I actually think about how my food got to my plate.
Ordinary people can bring about change.
You have to be responsible for the energy you’re putting out into the world.
I think I do speak to all ages, but the emphasis is, unlike everybody else who is chasing the Millennials, I’m not chasing the Millennials.
Appreciating what shows up in your life changes your personal vibration. Gratitude elevates your life to a higher frequency.
Difficulties come when you don’t pay attention to life’s whisper. Life always whispers to you first, but if you ignore the whisper, sooner or later you’ll get a scream.
Skiing is the next best thing to having wings.
Don’t waste your time in the race looking back to see what the other guy is doing. It’s not about the other guy. It’s about what can you do. You just need to run that race as hard as you can. You need to give it everything you’ve got, all the time, for yourself.
Is it shocking that it’s very difficult for a news organization to do news in America now? It’s not shocking because we’re a culture that doesn’t want news. We want entertainment. We want info-tainment. That’s why CNN is having problems.
If something feels right, I do it. If it feels wrong, I don’t. It’s really very, very simple, but you’ve got to be willing to take your chances doing stuff that may look crazy to other people – or not doing something that looks right to others but just feels wrong to you.
I’ve learned that every single trial offers us a chance to either turn away from what we know to be true, or to stand strong in who we are move forward.
Well, I don’t call you an atheist then. I think if you believe in the awe and the wonder and the mystery, then that is what God is. That is what God is, not the bearded guy in the sky.
What least makes a mother is biology.
The expectation of my life was that I might be able to work for some good white folks. Now I got some good white folks working for me.
I am extremely spiritual. I’ve not gone into this before because it’s personal, but faith is the core of my life.
This whole celebrity-fame thing is interesting. I’m the same person I always was. The only difference between being famous and not being famous is that people know who you are.