No whining, no complaining about anyone. Everybody in your life has come to teach you lessons.

Many self-employed people provide services that are nonessential. So whether you get your hair done less or your hair cut less, or your nails done less, as a writer and a speaker I was very clear that corporations weren't being as open and as generous and I wasn't getting the kind of work that I usually got.

My grandma always said, "Trouble is what God uses to prepare you for better things!" If you have trouble in your life, you are in a valley. If you are in a valley, you are being prepared for something bigger, better, greater; something you probably could not handle now.

I came from nothing. I came from the projects and welfare and ended up a millionaire with no frame of reference. I was bound to hit a wall sooner or later.

Some children do what they’re told to do; some children do what they’re told not to do; all children do what they’re parents have done.

What will support any relationship is clear, complete and conscious conversations when upsets or breakdowns occur.

We voluntary participate in things that we know are causing us harm because we believe we're powerless to do anything about it.