The greatest lesson of life is that you are responsible for your life.
Opportunity may knock only once but temptation leans on the door bell
As long as other people's opinions matter more than your own, you're owned by them. You're not even free.
Be thankful for what you have you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.
You have to find what sparks a light in you so that you in your own way can illuminate the world.
Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different.
If you want to feel good, you have to go out and do some good.
Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.
Every stumble is not a fall, and every fall does not mean failure.
Eating more consciously now feels like a way of being. I actually think about how my food got to my plate.
Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi.
One of the greatest gifts you can give isyour undivided attention.
I have a lot of things to prove to myself. One is that I can live my life fearlessly.
The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.
Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.
You know you are on the road to success if you would do your job, and not be paid for it.
Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.
Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.
I don't think of myself as a poor deprived ghetto girl who made good. I think of myself as somebody who from an early age knew I was responsible for myself, and I had to make good.
Every day brings a chance for you to draw in a breath, kick off your shoes, and dance.