Just like moons and suns, With certainty of tides, Just like hopes springing high, Still I'll rise.

My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy.

The sisters and brothers that you meet give you the materials which your character uses to build itself. It is said that some people are born great, others achieve it, some have it thrust upon them. In truth, the ways in which your character is built have to do with all three of those. Those around you, those you choose, and those who choose you.

Love is that condition in the human spirit so profound that it allows me to survive, and better than that, to thrive with passion, compassion, and style.

I am not competing with anyone other than myself. I want to be excellent at whatever I do.

Original thinking migrates each day in search of nourishment.

It's true. I can do anything and do it well because God loves me. It still humbles me.