I am the seed of the free, and I know it. I intend to bear great fruit.

I didn't want to say "No" because I didn't want people to think I'm not nice. And that, to me, has been the greatest lesson of my life: to recognize that I am solely responsible for it, and not trying to please other people, and not living my life to please other people, but doing what my heart says all the time.

I was probably toward 8 1/2 when I actually joined the church and was baptized - and, my God, did I take it seriously! I was a zealot who irritated every one of my third-grade friends. They didn't beat me up, but I got labeled "the preacher girl."

Improving your life doesn’t have to be about changing everything – it’s about making changes that count.

I want every day to be a fresh start on expanding what is possible.

Right now you are one choice away from a new beginning - one that leads you toward becoming the fullest human being you can be.

I’ve learned not to worry about what might come next.