I've never wanted to be put into a box, not musically.

Look at people for an example, but then make sure to do things your way. Surround yourself with positive people.

You have to stand for what you believe in and sometimes you have to stand alone.

Life is so much bigger, grander, higher, and wider than we allow ourselves to think.

I decided early on that I was going to put on my crown and rule my world by acting right and treating myself like a queen.

I don’t want to be a supermodel; I want to be a role model.

My mom will make me walk the dogs or take out the trash when I go home.

Every woman is a queen, and we all have different things to offer.

No one ever got ahead by going through the motions. You have to constantly be improving yourself. Make your life the masterpiece you want it to be.

I really don't know how to be anyone else, and whenever I try to be anyone else, I fail miserably. Or I disappoint myself. It doesn't build my self-esteem, and it doesn't help me grow me at all.

When I was around 18, I looked in the mirror and said, 'You're either going to love yourself or hate yourself.' And I decided to love myself. That changed a lot of things.

When a woman becomes her own best friend life is easier.

Best smiles come after the toughest time.

I'm having a great life. And I'm 73 and they still phone me up and ask me to do a job here and there.

I think Jeremiah is for our times. But whether the church in the west will listen to the Word of God today any more than in the chaos of 7th century BC middle east... Only God knows.

My life is a blank check before God... No strings attached.

You try to be young, maybe you like to have a few toys, but it's not the most important thing in life.

When people insist on perfection or nothing, they get nothing.

Lord, with so much violence in Iraq, may we persevere in our prayer and generosity.

Many words befall men, mean and noble alike; do not be astonished by them, nor allow yourself to be constrained.

I had to learn the image is not the word, which is a jolt for a literary soul. But it has served me well in terms of understanding plot, in terms of watching actors develop characters.