Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.

When I was a kid and the other kids were home watching "Leave it to Beaver," my father and step-mother were marching me off to the library.

All trials force the question, Who are you really? And you must trust yourself to answer

God can dream a bigger dream for you then you could ever dream for yourself.

I really feel a sense of responsibility first as a creation of a force that I call God, that's bigger than myself. And because I'm black, I feel the responsibility to that. I feel the responsibility to my womanness. But more importantly, I feel a responsibility to my humanness.

I think that when you invite people to your home, you invite them to yourself.

Inner wisdom is more important than wealth. The more you spend it, the more you gain