It's never too late - never too late to start over, never too late to be happy.
I have a confidence about my life that comes from standing tall on my own two feet.
You don't learn from successes; you don't learn from awards; you don't learn from celebrity; you only learn from wounds and scars and mistakes and failures. And that's the truth.
Instead of drifting along like a leaf in a river, understand who you are and how you come across to people and what kind of an impact you have on the people around you and the community around you and the world, so that when you go out, you can feel you have made a positive difference.
We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
We're not meant to be perfect. It took me a long time to learn that.
Feminism is not just about women; it's about letting all people lead fuller lives.
If the career you have chosen has some unexpected inconvenience, console yourself by reflecting that no career is without them.
The bond between a parent and child is the primary bond, the foundation for the rest of the child's life. The presence or absence of this bond determines much about the child's resiliency and what kind of adult they will grow up to be.
The people who did you wrong or who didn't quite know how to show up, you forgive them. And forgiving them allows you to forgive yourself too.
To be a revolutionary you have to be a human being. You have to care about people who have no power.
My childhood was influenced by the roles my father played in his movies. Whether Abraham Lincoln or Tom Joad in the 'Grapes of Wrath,' his characters communicated certain values which I try to carry with me to this day.
One part of wisdom is knowing what you don't need anymore and letting it go.
If adolescent pregnancy prevention is to become a priority, then our strategy, as advocates, must contain two key elements: civic engagement and education.
If we as a nation are to break the cycle of poverty, crime and the growing underclass of young people ill equipped to be productive citizens, we need to not only implement effective programs to prevent teen pregnancy, but we must also help those who have already given birth so that they become effective, nurturing, bonding parents.
The capacity of young people to persevere, even under the most adverse conditions, never ceases to amaze me.
We're still living with the old paradigm of age as an arch. That's the old metaphor: You're born, you peak at midlife and decline into decrepitude.
But the whole point of liberation is that you get out. Restructure your life. Act by yourself.
I don't want my wrinkles taken away - I don't want to look like everyone else.
A man has every season while a woman only has the right to spring.
