True forgiveness is when you can say, "Thank you for that experience.

The surest way to bring goodness to yourself is to make it your intention to do good for somebody else.

For years I've advocated keeping a gratitude journal, writing down five things every day that brought pleasure and gratefulness.

When you're doing the work you're meant to do, it feels right and every day is a bonus, regardless of what you're getting paid.

I would say my faith has become strengthened every time I have faced what I considered to be a trial, and there is no greater trial than being 14 and pregnant and not even knowing what it is.

I know who I am, and the thing about power for me is that it's connected to a source that's obviously greater than myself. Any time you can connect to the source and understand that that's where all of your energy, your creativity, your joy and your triumph come from, I consider that to be authentic power.

I truly believe that a woman can have anything she wants - if she's willing to do the hard work it takes to get it.