Only make decisions that support your self-image, self-esteem, and self-worth.

I believe that education is freedom. It provides the tools to affect one's own destiny.

Don't live your life to please other people.

The secret to being successful is to find a way to bring yourself through, even in your stories. People are looking for the essence of your truth. When you can bring your own truth to it, that's when it works.

I grew up in the Baptist Church, and going to church with my father; I remember being 8 years old, trying to determine whether I was really ready to give up sin, and for days I agonized.

Personally, I think if a women hasn't met the right man by the time she's 24, she may be lucky.

If you feel incomplete, you alone must fill yourself with love in all your empty shattered spaces