African women in general need to know that it's OK for them to be the way they are - to see the way they are as a strength, and to be liberated from fear and from silence.

Each person must live their life as a model for others.

Virtue knows no color line, and the chivalry which depends upon complexion of skin and texture of hair can command no honest respect.

What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.

Everything will change. The only question is growing up or decaying.

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.