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I wasn't the cutest or the most talented, but I could get through the question-and-answer period.
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There are so many people who've come before me who deserved to be tired. Who didn't have the opportunities, who didn't have the access, who didn't have the money, who didn't have the influence, who didn't have the voice.
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What God intended for you goes far beyond anything you can imagine.
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The greatest contribution you can make to women's rights, is to be the absolute ... best at what you do.
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As you become more clear about who you really are, you'll be better able to decide what is best for you - the first time around.
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No experience is wasted. Everything in life is happening to grow you up, to fill you up, to help you become more of who you were created to be.
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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.
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I used to have a fake Louis Vuitton bag because I thought it meant something in life. But now I realize that all the things in the world don't define you. It's what you stand for, what you're willing to do, how close to the truth you're willing to be in your life.
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Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.
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Self-esteem comes from being able to define the world in your own terms and refusing to abide by the judgments of others.
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If you're constantly pushing yourself higher, higher, the law of averages - not to mention the myth of Icarus - predicts that you will at some point fall. And when you do, I want you to know this, remember this: There is no such thing as failure.
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Lasting joy is found not in what you get, but in what you give.
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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 it alone. And we are all mentors to people even when we don't know it.
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I'm black, I don't feel burdened by it and I don't think it's a huge responsibility. It's part of who I am. It does not define me.
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Your gut is your inner compass. Whenever you have to consult with other people for an answer, you're headed in the wrong direction.
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The key is not to worry about being successful, but to instead to work toward being significant - and the success will naturally follow.
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I am a person who lives my life based on intention. I don't do anything without intention because intention determines the outcome of your life. It's like cause and effect.
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I don't think you ever stop giving. I really don't. I think it's an on-going process. And it's not just about being able to write a check. It's being able to touch somebody's life.
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Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.
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Getting my lifelong weight struggle under control has come from a process of treating myself as well as I treat others in every way.
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We're all called. If you're here breathing, you have a contribution to make to our human community. The real work of your life is to figure out your function-your part in the whole-as soon as possible, and then get about the business of fulfilling it as only you can.
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You will survive anything if you live your life from the point of view of truth.
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The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.
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Difficulties come when you don't pay attention to life's whisper. Life always whispers to you first, but if you ignore the whisper, sooner or later you'll get a scream.
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