Elimination of illiteracy is as serious an issue to our history as the abolition of slavery.

I am a Woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal Woman, that's me.

Dr. [Martin Luther] King was a human being. He had a sense of humor which was wonderful.

Stormy or sunny days, glorious or lonely nights, I maintain an attitude of gratitude.

In diversity there is beauty and there is strength.

He was a simple man who had no inferiority complex about his lack of education, and even more amazing no superiority complex because he had succeeded despite that lack.

If you have a napkin, you need another napkin to receive back all the blessings you'll get. And you keep giving. Then you need a towel to receive all the gifts. And you continue giving. Finally, you need a tablecloth. And you continue giving - not stupidly, but you give. And when you give, you finally have to move out and get a second house, and a third house and a fourth.It is a no - fail, incontrovertible reality: If you get, give. If you learn, teach. You can't do anything with that except do it.