If it's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness, maybe it's time to light the candles of the women who rule the world.

Remember, no effort that we make to attain something beautiful is ever wasted. Helen Keller, Educator and Humanitarian

Billie Jean King gives us a unique perspective about winning. It takes a champ to not only win but to be a winner.

You may not be perfect, but... "It's better to be a first-rate version of yourself than a second-rate version of someone else." Judy Garland 

There's so much you receive when you give, so much to learn when you teach. 

If you've ever fallen, you know the fear and immediate reaction it took to catch your fall and to get back up. The person who caught you, which is almost always yourself, emerged a new and stronger person.

At 5'2", Debbie Allen's aspiration to join a dance company seemed unrealistic to most. She was significantly shorter than most of her contemporaries. But Debbie didn't let a limitation stop her from fulfilling her dream and, in fact, used her creativity to become a dancer, choreographer, actor, director, and producer. Without creativity, Debbie Allen may have become another face in a dance company whose name we never knew. Instead, she's become a phenomenal success story.

A pastor once shared in his sermon that we all have at least ten talents. That means we have quite a few to choose from to augment our income and help make the world shine. What are your ten talents? 

Mary Kay Ash created a symphony of music during her lifetime. She amassed great wealth while turning hundreds of thousands of women into entrepreneurs all over the world. We may never play an entire symphony during our lifetime, but we can certainly play a song or two.