Quotes from Susan L. Taylor

In every crisis there is a message. Crises are nature's way of forcing change--breaking down old structures, shaking loose negative habits so that something new and better can take their place.

Thoughts are energy, and you can make your world or break your world by your thinking.

Whatever we believe about ourselves and our ability comes true for us." —Susan L. Taylor, journalist

Thoughts have power; thoughts are energy. And you can make your world or break it by your own thinking.

Don't identify yourself with labels and brands and have to buy every cute thing you see. Invest in the things that will grow in equity.

It's hunger. It's homelessness, often. It's underfunded, under-resourced schools. It's abuse beyond the chilling. It's having overwhelmed parents and caregivers. Those are the things that young people are struggling with beyond our view.

Historically, black women have suffered tremendously, but today's black women are the triumph. We have choices, and that's what freedom is all about: having the power to choose.

The things I need from my husband and he needs from me are minimal - respect, support when needed, kindness, love.

Any joy, creativity or wisdom our next moment brings will ensue from the way we live our present one.

Use missteps as stepping stones to deeper understanding and greater achievement.

Occasionally, I have to think like myself to remember where I put something.

When I joined 'Essence,' I was a young, single mother. I was 24. I hadn't gone to college. I wasn't making any money at 'Essence' - what was it, $500 a month - and I was struggling. So I was always looking down the road, always hoping for a better, you know, tomorrow.

There's a lot of rhetoric out here, a lot of talk about giving young people opportunity. Just looking so deeply into the RFK Children's Action Corps, I can see that they are really, really living that mandate.