Maya Angelou

"The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within -- strength, courage and dignity."

Ruby Dee

"You can fool people. You can fool anybody anytime of the day, but you can't fool yourself. At night, when you go home, you've got be straight up with you."

Whitney Houston

"I've grown most not from victories, but from setbacks. If winning is God's reward, the losing is how he teaches us."

Serena Williams

"Success is....when you believe in yourself."

Taraji P. Henson

"I'll tell you what freedom is to me. No fear"

Nina Simone

"When you take care of yourself, you're a better person for others. When you feel good about yourself, you treat others better. "

Solange Knowles

"Doing your best at this moment puts you in place for the next moment"

Oprah Winfrey

"Life is so much bigger, grander, higher, and wider than we all allow ourselves to think"

Queen Latifah

"I got my start, by giving myself a start"

Madam C. J. Walker

"Disappointment builds character and strength."

Nafessa Williams

"Be passionate and move forward with gusto every single hour of every single day until you reach your goal."

Ava DuVernay

"Your success will be determined by your own confidence and fortitude!"

First Lady Michelle Obama

"Nurse: just another word to describe a person strong enough to tolerate anything and soft enough to understand anyone."

Unknown

"Nothing is impossible, the word itself says I'm possible."

Audrey Hepburn