I'm kind of a germ freak. When I get on a plane, I spray my seat and everything with Lysol Disinfectant Spray.

Never give up on your dream... because you never know what the Lord can bless you with.

Judge me if you want to. And as a matter of fact, it won't even count, 'cause the only person who can judge is God.

To achieve anything great in life you must be willing to make a sacrifice.

Don't look at someone else and want to be them. Search within yourself and find out who you are and be someone positive.

When you make pain look this good it never wears out.

I'm careful with my heart. I don't take crap from no one these days. I put my foot down. Being a woman, you deserve heaven and earth.

I feel like, if it's supposed to happen, then it'll happen. God will send me somebody special, whenever the timing is right, so I'm just patient.

I think the most beautiful thing is that we're not parting because there were problems. We're parting because we're celebrating each others' growth.

I'll be stuntin like my daddy.

I think nowadays we're often sidetracked by what somebody got popular doing with all due respect to what they do, but it should be about the talent.

Anger was a weapon to be honed and treasured and used only at the moment yielding most premium.

But once in a while . . . I don't know. I feel so close, Rose. So close to the edge. Like if I allow myself one small misstep, I'll plunge away and never come back. It's like I'll lose myself.

Some of the things I hated my parents for when I was younger are the same things I love my parents for now that I'm older.

Faith is seeing light with your heart when all your eyes see is darkness.

Whoever does great things with small means has successfully reached the goal.

Yes, I'm too mad to punish you right now. We'll talk about it when we get home. Go brush your teeth, comb your hair, put on dry clothes, and get the guns. We're going to Wal-Mart.

All this stuff is kind of surreal to me - Ididn't think I'd be in the league or none of that. It was making it to college. That's about it.

When was the last time you heard news accounts of a boatload of American refugees arrive on the shores of another country?

Art is a leap into the dark.

Meditation here may think down hours to moments. Here the heart may give a useful lesson to the head and learning wiser grow without his books.