I know something better is on the road for me.

The hope, the hope that lives in the breast of the black American, is just so tremendous that it overwhelms me sometimes.

I think a nap or a rest overnight is great. But who needs three days of rest? Please! The second day, you might die.

Sisterhood means if you happen to be in Burma and I happen to be in San Diego and I'm married to someone who is very jealous and you're married to somebody who is very possessive, if you call me in the middle of the night, I have to come.

There is an amazing something in the American psyche which speaks about courage, and it says, 'Yes I can,' ... Yes, we will overcome it all because we have the spirit to do so.

No matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.

I want to be a good human being. I'm doing my best, and I'm working at it.