I'm young as morning and fresh as dew. Everybody loves me and so do you.

I want to thank you, Lord, for life and all that's in it. Thank you for the day and for the hour, and the minute.

Life is going to give you just what you put in it. Put your whole heart in everything you do, and pray, then you can wait.

I'm not sure if resilience is ever achieved alone. Experience allows us to learn from example. But if we have someone who loves us-I don't mean who indulges us, but who loves us enough to be on our side-then it's easier to grow resilience, to grow belief in self, to grow self-esteem. And it's self-esteem that allows a person to stand up.

We really are 15 countries, and it's remarkable that each of us thinks we represent the real America. The Midwesterner in Kansas, the black American in Durham - both are certain they are the real American.

If men are God's gift to women, then God must really love gag gifts.

My mother raised me, and then freed me.