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

Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi.

You alone are enough.

The goal of my shows, my interviews, my business, my philanthropy, all of it, whatever ventures I might pursue, would be to make clear that what unites us is ultimately far more redeeming and compelling than anything that separates me.

The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.

I have a lot of things to prove to myself. One is that I can live my life fearlessly.

The thing you fear most has no power. Your fear of it is what has the power. Facing the truth really will set you free.

Turn your wounds into wisdom.

Being human means you will make mistakes. And you will make mistakes, because failure is God's way of moving you in another direction.

When you're the most successful person in your family, in your neighborhood, and in your town, everybody thinks you're the First National Bank, and you have to figure out for yourself where those boundaries are.

I believe that every single event in life happens in an opportunity to choose love over fear.

Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.

With age comes the understanding and appreciation of your most important asset, your health.

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.

Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.

Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.

I don't believe in failure. It is not failure if you enjoyed the process.

The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.

I remember a specific moment, watching my grandmother hang the clothes on the line, and her saying to me, 'you are going to have to learn to do this,' and me being in that space of awareness and knowing that my life would not be the same as my grandmother's life.

I think people who have good parents come into the world with a strength, yes, and an advantage.

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.

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

When I look into the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes.

Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough.

Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it.

Money is worth nothing if it can't buy you the opportunity to love more.

Acting is about going into the space, and there are just some places that I'm not willing to go.

Whatever has happened to you in your past has no power over this present moment, because life is now.

I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that's how I operate my life.

Every stumble is not a fall, and every fall does not mean failure.

My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with.

Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.

Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.

What God intended for you goes far beyond anything you can imagine.