What other people label or might try to call failure, I have learned is just God's way of pointing you in a new direction

For the first time, I wasn't afraid to be smart, and she often stayed after school to work with me.

Let your light shine. Shine within you so that it can shine on someone else. Let your light shine.

When you live with an open heart, unexpected, joyful things happen

Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it.

It is very true, that the way you think creates reality for yourself.

I don't think of myself as a poor deprived ghetto girl who made good. I think of myself as somebody who from an early age knew I was responsible for myself, and I had to make good.