Life isn't about what you have but what you have to give.

Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possibility.

What I know for sure is that what you give comes back to you.

I really feel a sense of responsibility first as a creation of a force that I call God, that's bigger than myself. And because I'm black, I feel the responsibility to that. I feel the responsibility to my womanness. But more importantly, I feel a responsibility to my humanness.

The stories that you tell yourself can make or break you - no matter who you are.

Most people when they're walking are thinking about where they have to go and what they have to do. But that removes us from happiness.

Reading gave me hope.