I believe that one of life's greatest risks is never daring to risk.

I could eat a feeling faster than anybody, put a little hot sauce on it and wouldn't recognize it until it showed up on my behind three days later.

When you're passionate about your work, it feels like you would do it even if no one were paying you.

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.

Women of South Africa are some of the most powerful people on Earth. Change what you believe is possible for yourself.

I love what the church offers to us as a culture - black people in particular. We would be nowhere without the black church.

The key to realizing a dream is to focus not on success but significance - and then even the small steps and little victories along your path will take on greater meaning.