I am grateful for the blessings of wealth, but it hasn’t changed who I am. My feet are still on the ground. I’m just wearing better shoes.

You look at yourself and you accept yourself for who you are, and once you accept yourself for who you are you become a better person.

Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and there discovered was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi.

You did the best you could, the best you knew how at the time.” It was something like that. From Oprah on an Oprah show. Then I believe my quote above was from Maya Angelou...

Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the mext moment

Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different.

It doesn’t matter who you are, where you come from. The ability to triumph begins with you – always.

I would like to thank the people who’ve brought me those dark moments, when I felt most wounded, betrayed. You have been my greatest teachers.

I want people to understand, that you are responsible for your life. Weather you are transexual, weather you are a divorcee, weather you are terminally ill, weather you are posessed by the devil or trying...

We can’t become what we need to be by remaining what we are.

Difficulties come when you don’t pay attention to life’s whisper. Life always whispers to you first, but if you ignore the whisper, sooner or later you’ll get a scream

You teach people how to treat you.

Know this for sure: When you get the chance, go for it.

Improving your life doesn’t have to be about changing everything – it’s about making changes that count.

My idea is to give hope, because where there is no hope, there is no vision, and where there is no vision, people will perish.

It isn’t until you come to a spiritual understanding of who you are – not necessarily a religious feeling, but deep down, the spirit within – that you can begin to take control.

Life is about becoming more of who you really are….

I believe luck is preparation meeting opportunity. If you hadn’t been prepared when the opportunity came along, you wouldn’t have been lucky.

When people show you who they are; believe them.

Turn your wounds into wisdom.

Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody’s going to know whether you did it or not.

Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don’t fight them. Just find a new way to stand.

When I look at the future, it’s so bright it burns my eyes!

There is a sacred calling on your life, and the question is: Will you spend your life flittering and fluttering about or take the time and really heed that call and create your own path...

I trust that everything happens for a reason, even if we are not wise enough to see it.

Follow your feelings. If it feels right, move forward. If it doesn’t feel right, don’t do it.

All pain is the same.

One of the greatest gifts you can give isyour undivided attention.

I believe that every single event in life happens in an opportunity to choose love over fear.

What I find powerful is a person withthe confidence to be her own self.

I’ve come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that’s as unique as a fingerprint – and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find...

I think that when you invite people to your home, you invite them to yourself.

Listen. Pay attention. Treasure every moment.

I don’t want anyone who doesn’t want me.

You can have it all. Just not all at once.

Everyone wants to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.

Surround yourself only with people who are going to take you higher.

The happiness you feel is in direct proportion to the love you give.

Luck is when preparation meets opportunity.

Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough

You have to find what sparks a light in you so that you in your own way can illuminate the world.

You get in life what you have the courage to ask for.

There is no greater gift you can give or receive than to honor your calling. It’s why you were born. And how you become most truly alive.

If a man wants you, nothing can keep him away. If he doesn’t want you, nothing can make him stay.

Every day brings a chance for you to draw in a breath, kick off your shoes, and dance.

The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams.

When I didn’t have friends, I had books.

Self-esteem comes from being able to define the world in your own terms and refusing to abide by the judgments of others.

I believe the choice to be excellent begins with aligning your thoughts and words with the intention to require more from yourself.

Mr. Right is coming, but he’s in Africa and he’s walking.