We think we have to do something to be grateful or something has to be done in order for us to be grateful, when gratitude is a state of being.

If you want peace, be peace. If you want wealth, be wealth. Think it. Talk it. Prepare yourself to have it. Have faith enough to seek guidance and authority from within.

When Oprah Winfrey tells you that you need to have your own show, you feel compelled to do it. Especially if she's gonna pay for it!

Oprah Winfrey gives you the stage? Shut your mouth. I said, 'I'm sorry for taking over your show.' She said, 'No, that's why we have you here.'

Talk about your negative experiences with the father, with your girlfriends. Not with your children. And bite your tongue when it comes to diminishing, denying, dismissing, name-calling.

You are not being tested! You are being fortified! Remember, you cannot fail!

Love is durable. It's like Teflon. ...Trust is like fine china. Secrets destroy trust.