When you educate a woman, you set her free. Had I not had books and education in Mississippi, I would have believed that's all there was.

Happiness is there for the taking - and the making.

When I was a kid and the other kids were home watching "Leave it to Beaver," my father and step-mother were marching me off to the library.

Ignoring your passion is like dying a slow death...Passion whispers to you through your feelings, beckoning you toward your highest good. Pay attention to what makes you feel energized, connected, stimulated- what gives you your juice. Do what you love, give it back in the form of service, and you will do more than succeed. You will triumph.

Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.

If you look at what you have in life, you'll always have more. If you look at what you don't have in life, you'll never have enough.

The great courageous act that we must all do, is to have the courage to step out of our history and past so that we can live our dreams.