Don't assume a door is closed; push on it. Don't assume if it was closed yesterday that it is closed today. Don't ever stop learning and improving your mind. If you do, you're going to be left behind.

No person has the right to rain on your dreams.

I have always believed that I could help change the world, because I have been lucky to have adults around me who did.

I don't care what my children choose to do professionally, just as long as within their choices they understand they've got to give something back.

It is time for every one of us to roll up our sleeves and put ourselves at the top of our commitment list.

Black women rock the cradle, and whoever rocks the cradle rocks the future.

Homeless shelters, child hunger, and child suffering have become normalized in the richest nation on earth. It's time to reset our moral compass and redefine how we measure success.