“Don’t let the man bring you down.”

Live as though life was created for you.

I don’t trust anyone who doesn’t laugh.

A woman who is convinced that she deserves to accept only the best challenges herself to give the best. Then she is living phenomenally.

I don’t trust anyone who doesn’t laugh.

Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time.

I believe that the most important single thing, beyond discipline and creativity is daring to dare.

What you’re supposed to do when you don’t like a thing is change it. If you can’t change it, change the way you think about it. Don’t complain.

If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.

Love life. Engage in it. Give it all you’ve got. Love it with a passion because life truly does give back, many times over, what you put into it.

Stepping onto a brand-new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation, which is not nurturing to the whole woman.

When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.

Hoping for the best, prepared for the worst, and unsurprised by anything in between.

I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.

Making a decision to write was a lot like deciding to jump into a frozen lake.

You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I’ll rise!

Poetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life.

My definition of beauty is simplicity, elegance, and sensuality. I think that when a woman is in harmony with herself and remains true to her values, she will glow naturally.

Though she be but little, she is fierce!

Soldiers and war heroes are honored and commemorated, explorers are granted immortal fame, martyrs are revered, but how many people look upon women too as soldiers?

She believed in dreams, all right, but she also believed in doing something about them. When Prince Charming didn’t come along, she went over to the palace and got him.

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.

I’m no angel, but I’ve spread my wings a bit.

The most alluring thing a woman can have is confidence.

Don’t let a man put anything over on you except an umbrella.