Phylicia Rashad

"To be held in esteem by other people is, for me, a humbling experience."

"I grew up in a time where these things begin in childhood—your grandparents, aunts, uncles, your own parents, the teachers in your classrooms"

"There was something about going through a pledge period with other young women who you really didn't know very well"

"Well, you can respect people. But can you depend on that person? Can you trust that person? And can you be depended upon and can you show up?"

"It's not just about what other people do. It's about you, too."

"in your own thought, you create opportunities and obstacles"

"there's nothing noble about keeping one's self small"

"fame and fortune must be corrupting"

"In mothering, I didn’t think about myself as being a Black mother. I’m a mother"

"I didn’t think about my children being Black children; I think of my children being children"

"The ethnicity is obvious — it’s in our food, it’s in the music we listen to, it’s in the books we read, it’s in the way we live, it’s in the company we keep and the dances that we do"

"I know who I am"

"inner reality creates the outer form"

"The internet has given a lot of anonymous people a very loud voice"