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.

Failure is a great teacher and, if you are open to it, every mistake has a lesson to offer.

When you educate a woman, you set her free. Had I not had books and education in Mississippi, I would have believed that's all there was.

I live in a space of thankfulness- And I have been rewarded a million times over for it. I started out giving thanks for the small things, and more thankful I become, the more my bounty increased, that's because what you focus on expands and when you focus on the goodness in your life, you create more of it.

Listen. Pay attention. Treasure every moment.

Appreciating what shows up in your life changes your personal vibration. Gratitude elevates your life to a higher frequency.

You have two choices: You can come down from the mountain and spend the rest of your days thinking it was so beautiful there, or you can create a vision, look upward, see the next mountain, and start the climb all over again.