You want to make decisions that are meaningful to you, and that are going to continue to enhance you being who you really are and what your message t….

Pray as if it's up to God, work as if it's up to you..

Having the courage to stand up and pursue your dreams will give you life's greatest reward and life's greatest adventure..

I am a woman in process. I'm just trying like everybody else. I try to take every conflict, every experience, and learn from it. Life is never dull..

Listen. Pay attention. Treasure every moment..

Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism..

Use what you have to run toward your best - that's how I now live my life..

One of the things that I encourage for anybody who is interested in their own charity or philanthropy is to start from where you are and what has mat….

She is the mother I never had, she is the sister everybody would want. She is the friend that everybody deserves. I don't know a better person..

The very first time I had Whitney Houston on my show, however many years ago, I thought, "You are 'the voice.'" You are the voice, that was my name f….

For me to live in a world that is not inclusive of other people who are not Christian would be the opposite of Christianity..

I've always known that life is better when you share it. I now realize it gets even sweeter when you expand the circle..

I grew up in the country, which is probably why I'm so attached to the land. I love it. I love the lay of the land. I love walking the land. And I lo….

My first day in Chicago, September 4, 1983. I set foot in this city, and just walking down the street, it was like roots, like the motherland. I knew….

When you don't know what to do, do nothing. Get quiet so you can hear the still, small voice..

Spirituality for me is recognizing that I am connected to the energy of all creation, that I am a part of it and it is always a part of me..

What I have learned in my life and work is that the more I am able to be myself, the more it enables other people to be themselves..

Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us. Cheers to a new year and another ….

I believe luck is preparation meeting opportunity. If you hadn’t been prepared when the opportunity came along, you wouldn’t have been lucky..

Personally, I think if a women hasn't met the right man by the time she's 24, she may be lucky..

Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right..