Although there may be tragedy in your life, there’s always a possibility to triumph. It doesn’t matter who you are, where you come from. The ability to triumph begins with you. Always.

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

For years I've advocated keeping a gratitude journal, writing down five things every day that brought pleasure and gratefulness.

If you make a choice that doesn't please your mate, your friends, your mother, or whoever, the world will not fall apart - the people who truly love you want you to love yourself.

When you don't give yourself the time and care you need, your body rebels in the form of sickness and exhaustion

I hear people say all the time, "I'm not really religious, but I consider myself spiritual." I definitely have always been spiritual, being raised by my grandmother on that little acre in Mississippi, indoctrinated, born into the church and the ways of the church.

Don't worry about being successful. Worry about being significant.