If something feels right, I do it. If it feels wrong, I don't. It's really very, very simple, but you've got to be willing to take your chances doing stuff that may look crazy to other people - or not doing something that looks right to others but just feels wrong to you.

Self-esteem comes from being able to define the world in your own terms and refusing to abide by the judgments of others.

When you learn, teach. When you get, give. Maya Angelou taught me that.

Be loving to yourself and others will see that love reciprocated. This rule works every time

This year I am choosing to live beyond my wildest dreams. I wonder where they'll take me.

Always take a stand for yourself, your values. You're defined by what you stand for

I wasn't remembering the gift that God had given me. I had totally put all that aside. And my daughter was growing up before my eyes, and I just wanted to grab hold of that. It goes by so fast. I wanted to watch her. I wanted to be that parent - because at that point in time, I was a single parent. Watch her go to school, and when she got home, be there. I wanted that moment.