If there's one thing I've learned in life, it's the power of using your voice. I tried my best to speak the truth.

I don't want young women out there to have the expectation that if they're not having it all that somehow they're failing.

Let's be very clear: Strong men - men who are truly role models - don't need to put down women to make themselves feel powerful. People who are truly strong lift others up. People who are truly powerful bring others together.

Success is only meaningful and enjoyable if it feels like your own.

Do we settle for the world as it is, or do we work for the world as it should be?

Failure is an important part of your growth and developing resilience. Don't be afraid to fail.

Your story is what you have, what you will always have. It is something to own.

Just try new things. Don't be afraid. Step out of your comfort zones and soar, all right?

You have to stay in school. You have to. You have to go to college. You have to get your degree. Because that's the one thing people can't take away from you is your education. And it is worth the investment.

The only limit to the height of your achievements is the reach of your dreams and your willingness to work hard for them.

Time, as far as my father was concerned, was a gift you gave to other people.

Always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody else says distract you from your goals.

We learned about honesty and integrity - that the truth matters... that you don't take shortcuts or play by your own set of rules... and success doesn't count unless you earn it fair and square.

We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own 'to do' list.

Friendships between women, as any woman will tell you, are built of a thousand small kindness... swapped back and forth and over again.

As women and young girls, we have to invest that time in getting to understand who we are and liking who we are.

Everyone on Earth... was carrying around on unseen history, and that alone deserved some tolerance.

When you've worked hard, and done well, and walked through that doorway of opportunity, you do not slam it shut behind you.

Don't ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own.

You can't make decisions based on fear and the possibility of what might happen.

In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter and the sharing of pleasures.

Everybody hates me because I'm so universally liked.

You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear, as young as your hope, as old as your despair.

Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.

Never, ever underestimate the importance of having fun.

The person who was holding me back from my happiness was me.

Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.

We are never defeated unless we give up on God.

Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.