“Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good.”

Women should be tough, tender, laugh as much as possible, and live long lives.

I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life’s a bitch. You’ve got to go out and kick ass.

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.

As soon as healing takes place, go out and heal somebody else.

No matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.

Success is loving life and daring to live it.

If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love.

All great achievements require time.

When you wish someone joy, you wish them peace, love, prosperity, happiness, all the good things.

I am a Woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal Woman, that’s me.

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

To those who are given much, much is expected.

The main thing in one’s own private world is to try to laugh as much as you cry.

Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.

The best candy shop a child can be left alone in, is the library.

Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with shades of deeper meaning.