“Happiness comes from you. No one else can make you happy. You make you happy.”

Power’s not given to you. You have to take it.

We all have our imperfections. But I’m human, and you know, it’s important to concentrate on other qualities besides outer beauty.

Being pregnant was very much like falling in love. You are so open. You are so overjoyed. There’s no words that can express having a baby growing inside of you so, of course, you want to scream it out and tell everyone.

Love is so blind, it feels right when it’s wrong.

The reality is, sometimes, you lose. And you’re never too good to lose. And you’re never too big to lose. You’re never too smart to lose.

Love is something that never goes out of style.

Everyone’s not good at everything, it’s ok to depend on someone.

My mother taught me the principles of hard work, setting my own goals and visualizing my future.

I need to find a catchy new word for feminism, right? Like bootylicious.

We have to teach our girls that they can reach as high as humanly possible.

Who runs the world? Girls.

I’m learning how to drown out the constant noise that is such an inseparable part of my life. I don’t have to prove anything to anyone, I only have to follow my heart and concentrate on what I want to say to the world. I run my world.

The most alluring thing a woman can have is confidence.

I went to a high school for the performing arts and I lived and breathed music. It kept me focused; it kept me sane.

A woman is most beautiful when she smiles.

When you’re famous, no one looks at you as a human anymore. You become the property of the public.

When you make sacrifices to help other people’s dreams come to pass, God will make sure your dream comes to pass.

Opportunity comes once in a lifetime.

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.

Independnce comes from you knowing who you are and you being happy with yourself.

Success is not achieved by winning all the time. Real success comes when we rise after we fall.

You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming.

Do the thing and the power will come.

Poetry comes from the highest happiness or the deepest sorrow.