Think about any attachments that are depleting your emotional reserves. Consider letting them go.

I've come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that's as unique as a fingerprint

She is the mother I never had, she is the sister everybody would want. She is the friend that everybody deserves. I don't know a better person.

What we're all striving for is authenticity, a spirit-to-spirit connection.

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.

Learn from every mistake because every experience, encounter, and particularly your mistakes are there to teach you and force you into being more who you are.

Every day, passion speaks to us through our feelings. That's why when you allow yourself to become anesthetized by what others think, you literally block yourself from living the life you were called to live. I promise you that if you make a choice that doesn't please your mate, your friends, your mother, or whoever, the world will not fall apart. The people who truly love you want you to love yourself.