Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded, or how much power you have.

Your gut is your inner compass. Whenever you have to consult with other people for an answer, you're headed in the wrong direction.

You can't give it to others if you don't have it in yourself.

Failure is life at it's most poignant and it's only there to push you in the right direction.

When I look into the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes.

One of the biggest lessons I've learned recently is that when you don't know what to do, you should do nothing until you figure out what to do because a lot of times you feel like you are pressed against the wall, and you've got to make a decision. You never have to do anything. Don't know what to do? Do nothing.

I was probably toward 8 1/2 when I actually joined the church and was baptized - and, my God, did I take it seriously! I was a zealot who irritated every one of my third-grade friends. They didn't beat me up, but I got labeled "the preacher girl."