No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.

Accept and acknowledge your own brilliance. Stop waiting for others to tell you how great you are! Believe it for yourself and about yourself.

I may be wearing makeup, but I can throw a fastball by you at the same time.

I am a woman who came from the cotton fields of the South. From there I was promoted to the washtub. From there I was promoted to the cook kitchen. And from there I promoted myself into the business of manufacturing hair goods and preparations…. I have built my own factory on my own ground.

You can fall, but you can rise also.

To do common things perfectly is far better worth our endeavor than to do uncommon things respectably.