If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.

I'm convinced of this: Good done anywhere is good done everywhere. For a change, start by speaking to people rather than walking by them like they're stones that don't matter. As long as you're breathing, it's never too late to do some good.

Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.

Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.

A wise woman wishes to be no one's enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone's victim.

It's one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody.

There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure the truth.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.

We are braver and wiser because they existed, those strong women and strong men... We are who we are because they were who they were. It's wise to know where you come from, who called your name.

You may write me down in history with your bitter, twisted lines. You may trod me in the very dirt, but still, like dust, I'll rise.