There is no life that does not contribute to history.
You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is like an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.
Purple is the color of royalty, but it's also the color of bruises.
I am more than the sum total of my ancestors. My immediate ancestry might give me strength, but my deeper ancestry leads me back to all the world.
The sky is already purple; the first few stars have appeared, suddenly, as if someone had thrown a handful of silver across the edge of the world.
Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.
I'm purple, I'm an American. I am a democrat. I'm liberal. I'm a Christian. And that's all there is to it.
I'm always asked, 'What's the secret to success?' But there are no secrets. Be humble. Be hungry. And always be the hardest worker in the room.
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
I tell you, I've never known what to do about a man or a color or a rawhide whip. I could change the color, but I could never change a man or a whip.
It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.
Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
People were so kind. They cheered me up, and they had the idea that it was pretty exciting to have someone from the West come to their area.
I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it.
I don't want my girls to grow up in a world where they are defined by the randomness of their birth.