Every choice in life either moves you forward or keeps you stuck.
My first day in Chicago, September 4, 1983. I set foot in this city, and just walking down the street, it was like roots, like the motherland. I knew I belonged here.
You become what you believe. You are where you are today in your life based on everything you have believed.
You become what you believe. And to believe that you are created by the power that’s greater than yourself means anything is possible.
Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded, or how much power you have.
If you come to fame not understanding who you are, it will define who you are.
What I know is, if you do work that you love, and work that fulfills you, the rest will come. I truly believe the reason I’ve been so financially successful is because my focus has never been on the money.
What I know is, is that if you do work that you love, and the work fulfills you, the rest will come.
Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.
The roles we play in each other’s lives are only as powerful as the trust and connection between us – the protection, safety, and caring we are willing to share.
The struggle of my life created empathy – I could relate to pain, being abandoned, having people not love me.
It isn’t until you come to a spiritual understanding of who you are – not necessarily a religious feeling, but deep down, the spirit within – that you can begin to take control.
I am a woman in process. I’m just trying like everybody else. I try to take every conflict, every experience, and learn from it. Life is never dull.
I have a lot of things to prove to myself. One is that I can live my life fearlessly.
You face the biggest challenge of all: to have the courage to seek your big dream regardless of what anyone says. You are the only person alive who can see your big picture and even you can’t see it all.
I’ve learned not to worry about what might come next.
To move forward you have to give back.
You are built not to shrink down to less but to blossom into more.
Balance lives in the present. The surest way to lose your footing is to focus on what dreadful things might happen.
Everybody’s life matters.