Do what you have to do until you can do what you want to do.

Tune out the naysayers, tune into your own courage, and take a bold step toward the passion-filled life you really want.

It doen't matter what you've been through, where you come from... none of that matters. What matters is how you choose to love, how you choose to express that love through your work, through your family, through what you have to give to the world.

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

The choices we've made throughout our lives affect whatever happens to us in any given moment.

Never for a moment allow your greatness to interfere with your goodness.

After all these years, I could say thank you to a woman who had a powerful impact on my early life.