I've learned to rely on the strength I inherited from all those who came before me-the grandmothers, sisters, aunts, and brothers who were tested with unimaginable hardships and still survived. 'I go forth alone, and stand as ten thousand,' Maya Angelou proclaimed in her poem 'Our Grandmothers.' When I move through the world, I bring all my history with me-all the people who paved the way for me are part of who I am.

The chance to love and be loved exists no matter who or where you are.

Don't put a ceiling on yourself.

A gift isn't a gift unless it has meaning. Just giving things to people, especially children, create the expectation of more things.

Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.

Free speech not only lives, it rocks!

I firmly believe that none of us in this world have made it until the least among us have made it.