If you take care of your body, it'll take care of you..

A lesson will keep repeating itself until it is learned. Life first will send the lesson to you in the size of a pebble; if you ignore the pebble, th….

How do I define success? Let me tell you, money's pretty nice. But having a lot of money does not automatically make you a successful person. What yo….

There were no ugly people in Ethiopia.

I think mentors are important and I don't think anybody makes it in the world without some form of mentorship. Nobody makes it alone. Nobody has made….

Let your light shine. Shine within you so that it can shine on someone else. Let your light shine..

For years I've advocated keeping a gratitude journal, writing down five things every day that brought pleasure and gratefulness..

I could eat a feeling faster than anybody, put a little hot sauce on it and wouldn't recognize it until it showed up on my behind three days later..

Are you ready to stop colluding with a culture that makes so many of us feel physically inadequate? Say goodbye to your inner critic, and take this p….

I really feel a sense of responsibility first as a creation of a force that I call God, that's bigger than myself. And because I'm black, I feel the ….

I do miss the people in the audience and the fun: "I came with my mother! And this is my mother!" I miss that. I miss: "My cousin and I came all the ….

Life isn't about what you have but what you have to give..

This whole celebrity-fame thing is interesting. I'm the same person I always was. The only difference between being famous and not being famous is th….

Intent and service-that is my motto..

I still want what I've always wanted ... to be the best person I can be..

If you allow yourself to breathe into the depth, wonder, beauty, craziness, and strife everything that represents the fullness of your life you can l….

If you're hurting, you need to help somebody else ease their hurt. If you're in pain, help somebody else's pain..

So, The Color Purple changed my life. It changed everything about my life because, in that moment of praying and letting go, I really understood the ….

With every failure, every crisis, every difficult time, I say - What is this here to teach me? And as soon as you get the lesson, you get to move on.….

I want us all to fulfill our greatest potential. To find our calling, and summon the courage to live it..

No experience is ever wasted. Everything has meaning..