The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude
The key to realizing a dream is to focus not on success but significance - and then even the small steps and little victories along your path will take on greater meaning.
I don't think of myself as a poor deprived ghetto girl who made good. I think of myself as somebody who from an early age knew I was responsible for myself, and I had to make good.
Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi.
The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.
My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you I the best place for the next moment.
I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that's how I operate my life.
The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.
The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.
I am a woman in process. I'm just trying like everybody else. I try to take every conflict, every experience, and learn from it. Life is never dull.
Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.
I believe that every single event in life happens in an opportunity to choose love over fear.
The thing you fear most has no power. Your fear of it is what has the power. Facing the truth really will set you free.
Lots of people want 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.
The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.
I don't think of myself as a poor deprived ghetto girl who made good. I think of myself as somebody who from an early age knew I was responsible for myself, and I had to make good.
The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.
Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded, or how much power you have.
I am a woman in process. I'm just trying like everybody else. I try to take every conflict, every experience, and learn from it. Life is never dull.
The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.
I am a woman in process. I'm just trying like everybody else. I try to take every conflict, every experience, and learn from it. Life is never dull.
The struggle of my life created empathy - I could relate to pain, being abandoned, having people not love me.
I believe that every single event in life happens in an opportunity to choose love over fear.
What material success does is provide you with the ability to concentrate on other things that really matter. And that is being able to make a difference, not only in your own life, but in other people's lives.
I don't think you ever stop giving. I really don't. I think it's an on-going process. And it's not just about being able to write a check. It's being able to touch somebody's life.
I have a lot of things to prove to myself. One is that I can live my life fearlessly.
I remember a specific moment, watching my grandmother hang the clothes on the line, and her saying to me, 'you are going to have to learn to do this,' and me being in that space of awareness and knowing that my life would not be the same as my grandmother's life.
My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you I the best place for the next moment.
The struggle of my life created empathy - I could relate to pain, being abandoned, having people not love me.
I believe that every single event in life happens in an opportunity to choose love over fear.
What I know is, is that if you do work that you love, and the work fulfills you, the rest will come.