Use what you have to run toward your best - that's how I now live my life.

Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.

How do I define success? Let me tell you, money's pretty nice. But having a lot of money does not automatically make you a successful person. What you want is money and meaning. You want your work to be meaningful, because meaning is what brings the real richness to your life.

The best way to look at aging is to see it as an opportunity to leave what didn't work behind and step boldly into a brand new future.

I have crossed over on the backs of Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Madam C. J. Walker. Because of them I can now live the dream. I am the seed of the free, and I know it. I intend to bear great fruit.

The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.

Love is a lesson worth learning.