Belief is the mother of reality. Excellence is a state of mind.

The heart of human excellence often begins to beat when you discover a pursuit that absorbs you, frees you, challenges you, or gives you a sense of meaning, joy, or passion.

Nobody hands you excellence on a silver platter. You earn it through planning, preparing, and persisting in the face of all obstacles.

Where the mind goes, everything follows.

A refined ability to learn from failure and to grow through losses is necessary to achieve excellence in any human endeavor.

I wonder what freezesthe flurry of hurt on her cold-flushed cheeks, if his touch isa salve or the shattering.

We should never argue with the devil about our sins, but we should speak about our sins only with Jesus.

Every single man who is too stupid enough to realize how beautiful is God's creation through WOMEN and continuously lay his hand on them, he is not man enough to be classified with the rest of us.

Once that ship has sailed don't hold on to the anchor

I live by a man's code, designed to fit a man's world, yet at the same time I never forget that a woman's first job is to choose the right shade of lipstick.

Time fleeth on, Youth soon is gone, Naught earthly may abide; Life seemeth fast, But may not last-- It runs as runs the time.

I've danced all over the world, and people are people. We cannot cut off from each other in life. In order to lead, you can't do that.

My team name is the Duchess of Douchecockery.Yep, that's mine.

What I did suffer when I was young was because I was sort of a hick coming into New York City. I was made fun of by a lot of the Factory people. Even Andy Warhol thought I was a hick.

The most valuable lessons in life cannot be taught, they must be experienced.