You are responsible for your life. It doesn't matter what your Mama did. It doesn't matter what your Daddy didn't do. You are responsible for your life.

If it's not hard, you're not dreaming big enough!

What has made me successful is the ability to surrender my plans, dreams and goals to a power that's greater than other people and greater than myself.

Books showed me there were possibilities in life, that there were actually people like me living in a world I could not only aspire to but attain. Reading gave me hope. For me, it was the open door.

What I've learned about being angry with people is that it generally hurts you more than it hurts them.

People believe marriage will make us better.

Pray as if it's up to God, work as if it's up to you.