“Life is like riding in a taxi. Whether you are going anywhere or not, the meter keeps ticking.”

Failed plans should not be interpreted as a failed vision. Visions don’t change, they are only refined. Plans rarely stay the same, and are scrapped or adjusted as needed. Be stubborn about the vision, but flexible with your plan.

The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That’s the day we truly grow up.

Negative thinking limits God and our potential.

Small disciplines repeated with consistency every day lead to great achievements gained slowly over time.

The length and breath of our influence on others are directly related to the depth of our concern for them.

Find your vision, and let it guide you in all that you do. If you lack vision, look inside yourself. Draw on your natural gifts and desires.

The best way to help people is to see the best in them.

If you can learn to understand people how they think, what they feel, what inspires them, how they’re likely to act and react in a given situation- then you can motivate and influence them in a positive way.

If you don’t change the direction you are going, then you’re likely to end up where you’re heading.

If you don’t try to create the future you want, you must endure the future you get.

Leadership is taking responsibility while others are making excuses.

When you make a commitment, you create hope. When you keep a commitment you create trust!

Remember, man does not live on bread alone: sometimes he needs a little buttering up.

Your goal as a leader isn’t to be indispensable to the people you lead; it is to leave your people something that is indispensable to them.

Motivation gets you going, but discipline keeps you growing. That’s the Law of Consistency. It doesn’t matter how talented you are. It doesn’t matter how many opportunities you receive. If you want to grow, consistency is key.

Good thinkers are always in demand. A person who knows how may always have a job, but the person who knows why will always be his boss.

In the business world, and in life, there are inherent complexities. It is critical to keep plans and communication simple.

The patriarchy continues to try to crush my neck with heavy boots, cut off my life force, and take away my voice – even those who call themselves artists, you know who you are.

I’ve lived such a great, fantastic life already, but there’s still so much more.

Since stepping reluctantly into public life, I’ve been held up as the most powerful woman in the world and taken down as an angry black woman. I’ve wanted to ask my detractors which part of that phrase matters to them the most—is it angry or black or woman ?

Death is a continuation of my life without me.

Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it.

I didn’t want them ever to believe that life began when the man of the house arrived home. We didn’t wait for Dad. It was his job now to catch up with us.

We always honor our people when they die; we’ve got to honor them while we’re still alive.