I am leaving this legacy to all of you...to bring peace, justice, equality, love and a fulfillment of what our lives should be. Without vision, the people will perish, and without courage and inspiration, dreams will die - the dream of freedom and peace.

To bring about change, you must not be afraid to take the first step. We will fail when we fail to try.

Every day before supper and before we went to services on Sundays. My grandmother would read the Bible to me, and my grandfather would pray. We even had devotions before going to pick cotton in the fields. Prayer and the Bible, became a part of my everyday thoughts and beliefs. I learned to put my trust in God and to seek Him as my strength.

If I stayed angry at other people, I would miss finding friends among those I was angry with.

Have you ever been hurt and the place tries to heal a bit, and you just pull the scar off of it over and over again.

I want to be treated like a human being.

Black women are very capable of leading our organizations. I believe that firmly.