"Twenty years ago, I wrote a book called 'It Takes a Village.' And a lot of people looked at the title and asked, 'What the heck do you mean by that?' This is what I mean. None of us can raise a family, build a business, heal a community or lift a country totally alone."

"To regret one’s own experiences is to arrest one’s own development. To deny one’s own experiences is to put a lie into the lips of one’s own life. It is no less than a denial of the soul."

"To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow."

"I may not always be offered work, but I'll always have my family."

"Only the absolutely determined people succeed."

"The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mode but the true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul."