I believe that children are our future. Teach them well and let them lead the way. Show them all the beauty they possess inside.

In grammar school some of the girls had problems with me. My face was too light. My hair was too long. It was the black-consciousness period, and I felt really bad.

Judge not for your flaws, but for your Triumphs!

My mother taught me that when you stand in the truth and someone tells a lie about you, don't fight it.

I like being a woman, even in a man's world. After all, men can't wear dresses, but we can wear the pants.

Sometimes you do have a good time. But when it gets to the point where you're sitting in your home and you're just trying to cover what you don't want people to know. It's painful. And then you want more just so that you don't let anybody see you cry. Or anybody to see we're not happy.

I'd rather be alone than unhappy