“Could we imagine that beauty itself doesnt just exist in societys version of aesthetic perfection? Beauty also emerges from places and things that tell us stories.”

“I wrote Beyond The Label to open up the aperture through which we look at the world. I want us to reconsider what it means to be a woman, a mentor, a wife, a mother.”

“Good leaders are always in the act of leading. They listen as much to others as they listen to themselves.”

“Allowing yourself to follow the crevices of your heart lines is a messy process and not easy to characterize or rationalize into neat and tidy lists and boxes.”

“This book is for those of you who are tired of trying to squeeze into constrained categories, who long for a life without limits on who you are or who you will become.”

“The underlying issue in getting women to top positions is what kind of leadership we value and how we teach, assess, and promote good leaders in all organizations.”

“Is there magic in this world? Certainly! But it is not the kind of magic written about in fantasy stories. It is the kind of magic that comes from ideas and the hard work it often takes to make the...”

“We become what we behold. We shape our tools, and thereafter our tools shape us.”

“A culture of unaccountability is a culture without incentive, and a culture without incentive is the death of critical and creative thinking.”

“If you are interested in equality at all costs, you should never have gone looking for your power in the first place. Holding authority with integrity is more important than making others feel good.”

“If you want to get good in Leadership, you probably should start reading the bible.”

“I dont see myself being special; I just see myself having more responsibilities than the next man. People look to me to do things for them, to have answers.”

“No black woman writer in this culture can write "too much". Indeed, no woman writer can write "too much"...No woman has ever written enough.”

“When you reduce a woman to writing, she makes you think of a thousand other women”

“I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.”