A friend is like a bra, close to the heart, and always there for support.

When you educate a woman, you set her free. Had I not had books and education in Mississippi, I would have believed that's all there was.

Knowledge is learning something every day.
Wisdom is letting go of something every day.

More learning can occur when there are many obstacles
than when there are few or none

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.

Pitiful is the person who is afraid of taking risks. Perhaps this person will never be disappointed or disillusioned; perhaps she won't suffer the way people do when they have a dream to follow. But when the person looks back-she will hear her heart