I’ve learned not to worry about what might come next.

Everything that has ever happened to you has happened for you. Not one thing that has happened is wasted... You were building strength and strength x strength = POWER.

If you seek what is honorable, what is good, what is the truth of your life, all the other things you could not imagine come as a matter of course.

I became so frustrated with visiting inner-city schools (in America) that I just stopped going. The sense that you need to learn just isn't there. If you ask the kids what they want or need, they will say an iPod or some sneakers. In South Africa, they don't ask for money or toys. They ask for uniforms so they can go to school.

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

Back then, a few doilies and napkins were all that a lot of women had. In the little house where I grew up, the pillowcases my grandmother embroidered were the only things of beauty.

I believe in the power that not only allows the sun to rise but turns seeds into flowers and dreams into realities.