In my travels all over the world, I have come to realize that what distinguishes one child from another is not ability, but access. Access to education, access to opportunity, access to love.

Nobody's going to force me to do something against my will. What do I owe anybody that I should submit my will to them?

Now you are meeting another Lauryn, so it's good to be reintroduced.

The work is constant. There's a time for rest, but I don't believe in getting comfortable just because everyone says you've arrived.

And deep in my heart. The answer, it was in me. And I made up my mind. To define my own destiny

That strong mother doesn't tell her cub, Son, stay weak so the wolves can get you. She says, Toughen up, this is reality we are living in.

Sometimes we all need to take time and give thanks.