When I say to you, there is nobody like me, and there never was, that is a statement I want every woman to feel and make about themselves.

Before all else, be armed.

Black Power is giving power to people who have not had power to determine their destiny.

I had nothing growing up, but I always wanted to be ‚sexy,‘ even before I knew what the word was.

I’m different than most people. When I cross the finish line of a big race, I see that people are ecstatic, but I’m thinking about what I’m going to do tomorrow. It’s as if my journey is everlasting, and there is no finish line.

Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

You always want your people to be proud of what you have accomplished.

Everybody has their thing they like or don’t like to see. It’s all in your head. That’s why people take their own pictures, because it’s difficult for someone else to capture what you seek.

When my ancestors came from Africa, they were shackled by our neck, our wrists, and our ankles in steel chains. I’ve turned those steel chains into gold to symbolize the fact that I’m still a slave, only my price tag is higher.

God has entrusted me with myself.

You have to feel confident. If you don’t, then you’re going to be hesitant and defensive, and there’ll be a lot of things working against you.

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‚I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.‘

Indians felt despondent about Indian governance. Changing that atmosphere of gloom was a very challenging task, and I faced many difficulties in rectifying the situation and bringing back confidence and hope.

We are all worms. But I believe that I am a glow-worm.

On every front there are clear answers out there that can make this country stronger, but we’re going to break through the fear and the frustration people are feeling. Our job is to make sure that even as we make progress, that we are also giving people a sense of hope and vision for the future.

I want the world to see my body.

Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.

I break ground. I trailblaze.

Our ambition should be to rule ourselves, the true kingdom for each one of us; and true progress is to know more, and be more, and to do more.

If I can get my dress on, my weight is under control.

Don’t be dependent. At all. Ever. Period.

The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.

One man with courage is a majority.

It takes more than just a good looking body. You’ve got to have the heart and soul to go with it.

Asking is the beginning of receiving. Make sure you don’t go to the ocean with a teaspoon. At least take a bucket so the kids won’t laugh at you.

I will praise any man that will praise me.

For me, it’s enough that I have the first and last word.

The self is hateful.

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.

I just use fashion as an excuse to talk about politics. Because I’m a fashion designer, it gives me a voice, which is really good.

I want people to understand they have to live their own lives the way they want to and not just do what we do.

I’m not particularly a feminist, but if you get women off the animal cycle of reproduction and give them some say in how many children they’ll have, immediately the floor will rise.

Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions of others.

If you see everything from the point of view of women being victims in some way, you don’t see the wood for the trees. It is better to be a person than a woman.

My mother was very strong. Once, she picked up a coconut and smashed it against my father’s head. It taught me about women defending themselves and not collapsing in a heap.

All ways of living can be sanctified, and for each individual, the ideal way is that to which our Lord leads him through the natural development of his tastes and the pressure of circumstances.

Man will do many things to get himself loved, he will do all things to get himself envied.

You listen to Charlie Parker or John Coltrane before they found their voice, they sounded different. And when you listen to them after they found their voice on their instruments, they sound more confident and in control. Artists have that, too.

The age of a woman doesn’t mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles.

I don’t see that my majority opinions are going to be undone.

The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up.

Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious.

Because of my wrestling background, nothing a director can throw at me on a set can faze me.

A sex symbol becomes a thing. I just hate to be a thing.

My mother had a saying: ‚Kamala, you may be the first to do many things, but make sure you’re not the last.‘

I’m a free spirit.

It’s normal for human beings to identify with their own separate self. The problem is that we get caught in that notion of ourself as a separate individual and caught in that individual self’s agenda.

Freedom is something that dies unless it’s used.

The day I wake up without cellulite? Now that would be the perfect day.

The proper study of mankind is woman.

I’m not comparing myself with anyone, but I am very confident about my captaincy, as I have already led India and in the IPL also. I have confidence I can bring out each player’s ability fully and also give them a lot of confidence… I would like to stick to what I know best and what I have confidence in.

I have never given adoration to any body except myself.

The world is put back by the death of every one who has to sacrifice the development of his or her peculiar gifts to conventionality.

I have always marched to my own beat, and most frequently, it was inconsistent not only with my own immediate family, but with my culture as well.

The youth need to be enabled to become job generators from job seekers.

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.

A great social success is a pretty girl who plays her cards as carefully as if she were plain.

You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of.

When you’re just like everybody else, you’ve nothing to offer other than your conformity.

All I can do is be me, whoever that is.