Life provides losses and heartbreak for all of us-but the greatest tragedy is to have the experience and miss the meaning.

You have to CHANGE the way you THINK in order to CHANGE the way you FEEL

My mama told me in college, 'I love you, and you're God's child, but natural beauty will only take you so far.'

I think there's a myth that people feel, that people of success are never fearful, that we're never challenged, that we have some supernova - no, we're like everybody else.

I feel it’s okay to get angry with God. He can take it. Just don’t stay angry. It takes courage to believe that the best is yet to come. I hold steadfast to that belief, especially when I come face-to-face with adversity.

I am stronger than I thought I was. My favorite phrase has been 'This too shall pass.' I now understand it really well.

When my mother makes out her income tax return every year, under occupation she writes, eroding my daughter's self-esteem.