So often we think we have got to make a difference and be a big dog. Let us just try to be little fleas biting. Enough fleas biting strategically can make a big dog very uncomfortable.

Be grateful for good breaks and kind favors but don't count on them.

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.

Dr. King used to say, 'I was sitting in the back of the bus, but my mind was always up front.' Don't let anybody tell you that you can't do it. You aim high and you work very hard and now I think it's clear that you can be anything you want to.

There comes a time when you roll up your sleeves and put yourself at the top of your commitment list.

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

I never thought I was breaking a glass ceiling. I just had to do what I had to do, and it never occurred to me not to.