In America, people are so busy. Even the children are busy. I get the impression very few of us are touching the miracle that you are alive.

You do what you have to do to get through today, and that puts you in the best place tomorrow.

Make the right decision even when nobody's looking and you will always turn out okay.

One of my theories about life is that we become what we believe.

I have crossed over on the backs of Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Madam C. J. Walker. Because of them I can now live the dream. I am the seed of the free, and I know it. I intend to bear great fruit.

Every birthday, you decide whether to mark it the end of your greatest days or the beginning of your finest hour.

My theory is that when you're famous, you're no different from anybody else - it's just that more people know your name.