Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi.

You can take from every experience what it has to offer you. And you cannot be defeated if you just keep taking one breath followed by another.

There is a lesson in almost everything that you do, and getting the lesson is how you move forward. It is how you enrich your spirit.

What I know for sure is that you feel real joy in direct proportion to how connected you are to living your truth.

Take five minutes to center yourself in the morning...Set your intention every day.

Wherever you are in life, look at your beliefs. They put you there

Failure is a signpost to turn you in another direction.