No matter how diligent or persistent you have been, there is not one of us who made this journey toward success by ourselves.

For everyone of us that succeeds, it's because there's somebody there to show you the way out.

The expectation of my life was that I might be able to work for some good white folks. Now I got some good white folks working for me.

I don't want to have to get the lesson of losing [things like health and moving about freely] to appreciate what it was.

I feel that luck is preparation meeting opportunity.

What dogs? These are my children, little people with fur who make my heart open a little wider.

Although there may be tragedy in your life, there’s always a possibility to triumph. It doesn’t matter who you are, where you come from. The ability to triumph begins with you. Always.