K.Michelle Quotes

A sob caught in my chest. I didn't even know what a gray was, other than a drab color. All I knew was that I was hungry all the time. And I knew, deep down, that it wasn't just for food.

When you come to a fork in the road, be still, and see with your mind's eye. There you find the clarity you seek.

I do find comedy difficult. I don't know why. Maybe I think about it too much. There's a tremendous amount of pressure to be funny.

Nothing that occurs in life is random or without purpose. Lessons were found within each event in our lives that, positive or negative, ultimately instilled a peaceful mind in us.

This is growing up, having to stomp out love, this is how people turn terrible.

The truth was only another mask, even if it was the best fit, the closest to skin and all that lay beneath

To gain an overall understanding of oneself does not require looking outward - it requires the strength of looking inward.

I must be made of nothing to feel so much nothing.

There wasn't a colloquial phrase, or curse, that went something like, "May your day be full of angry dragons" or, "May every dragon you meet today be pissed off." But, there should have been.

I had lied so much lately that I was honestly surprised my pants weren't literally made of fire.

To believe in miracles in one thing...to know what miracle you want to manifest right now, and accept it, is another.

Lies were something you told other people to make things easier, somehow - hopefully, for them, but often more selfishly for yourself.

To find love is the great human undertaking...and it's always complicated by our compulsions and unconscious patterns, to say nothing of issues of trust and control.

Trying is fine. Failing is inevitable. Don’t let it devour you.

The look he gave her made her turn away for a moment. Sometimes you couldn’t look too closely at another person’s pain.

Without adversity, there would be no growth, and without growth, there would be no lesson to be learned.

Instead of bracing yourself for the perils of the unknown, embrace the joy that is here, in your present moment.

A life without regret can be attained by full awareness of one's actions in their present moment.

I don't know what 15-year-old doesn't have a desire to separate themselves from their parents and prove their independence.

I'd always thought I would feel like an animal released from its cage when my student days were finished, I felt more like a bird that had been pushed from its nest and told it must fly.

I think I'm also more open to other writers being present and listening to other opinions, whereas before I was going through my angsty teen years while making records.

There is a place where there is freedom of fear and doubt, and that is within.

The 2010 global gender gap report by the World Economic Forum shows that countries with better gender equality have faster-growing, more competitive economies.

I'm not too modest of a person. I've got a pretty blue sense of humor.

I love cycling, but if I could find a way of building something above the streets for cyclists, that would be amazing. We need even more space.

No matter who is in the White House, I just keep doing what my grandmother taught me. Hate debt. Save. The best any of us can do really.

I did live in Paris for three years and I prefer New York.

I write for anybody struggling to manage their money.

The schools can't cover all the values that go along with how you handle your money. For example, a financial literacy class might not teach me to hate debt the way my grandmother, Big Mama did.

I understand why many are still poor or struggling to make just a middle-income lifestyle. I'm a fiscal conservative, but I also have compassion for people who make financial mistakes.

Policy changes like what you desire come from our politicians. So let them know what you think.

I've decided to keep working until my last kid is thu college.

If you'll have enough saved and nobody has to take on debt and you want to retire, shoot go for it.

When you give people who are being financially responsible money, you are enabling them to continue a bad habit. So you are actually helping by saying, "Love you but no."

Set up rules for when you will "give" not lend money. Never lend. My people know that I'll help with college. I'll help if they lose they job thu no fault of their own.

I think if I weren't married to [Barack Obama], I'd want him to be in there.

You'll feel better when you get all that debt off your back.

[My grandmother] managed her money better than some financial professionals I know. I give credit always to her because she is the reason I have my column and national recognition.

Having kids doesn't mean they would have taken care o you.

I just don't like people taking debt into retirement.

There are a lot of queers starved for entertainment from their own community.

Flying used to be so great but now it's more of a trial.

I've always been interested in archaeology, I guess ever since junior high or high school.

Very early on I was interested in doing political art, but it was not feminist political art.

I write for people who are good money managers and want to know how to be even better stewards over their money.

We have to protect ourselves by doing our own homework.

I usually find that my gut doesn't steer me wrong when it comes to my money!

If we don't want the companies to cheat on us, we shouldn't be cheating on them.

If you haven't saved, your child may have to work. But do what you can to NEVER take out student or parent loans.

I love teaching people how to handle their money and I've built a brand on that skill.