You may write me down in historyWith your bitter, twisted lies,You may trod me in the very dirtBut still, like dust, I'll rise.

i can be changed by what happens to me. but i refuse to be reduced by it.

I am a woman phenomenally, phenomenal woman that is your grandmother, that is your mother, that is your sister, that is you and that is me.

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.

Someone was hurt before you; wronged before you; beaten before you; humiliated before you; raped before you; yet, someone SURVIVED

I'm not going anywhere. I came here to say something, and I'm not leaving until I'm finished.