Everyone is the keeper of a dream

People just want to know that they matter.

That whisper you keep hearing is the universe trying to get your attention.

Surround yourself only with those who lift you higher.

Most people when they're walking are thinking about where they have to go and what they have to do. But that removes us from happiness.

I really feel a sense of responsibility first as a creation of a force that I call God, that's bigger than myself. And because I'm black, I feel the responsibility to that. I feel the responsibility to my womanness. But more importantly, I feel a responsibility to my humanness.

True self-esteem is realizing that you are valuable because you were born. No matter where you came from, what color your skin is, what people say about your family or what mean things people may have done to you, because you were born, you are important and you matter.