Dogs are my favorite role models. I want to work like a dog, doing what I was born to do with joy and purpose. I want to play like a dog, with total, jolly abandon. I want to love like a dog, with unabashed devotion and complete lack of concern about what people do for a living, how much money they have, or how much they weigh. The fact that we still live with dogs, even when we don't have to herd or hunt our dinner, gives me hope for humans and canines alike.

Sometimes you find out what you are supposed to be doing by doing the things you are not supposed to do.

No matter where you are on your journey, that's exactly where you need to be. The next road is always ahead.

The expectation of my life was that I might be able to work for some good white folks. Now I got some good white folks working for me.

It's all about dreams. If I had to attribute my success in life to any one thing it is this. I believed in my dreams, even when no one else did.

Failure is life at it's most poignant and it's only there to push you in the right direction.

I started out giving thanks for small things, and the more thankful I became, the more my bounty increased