I went to a high school for the performing arts and I lived and breathed music. It kept me focused; it kept me sane.

You can't appreciate the good times without the bad ones.

I was thinkin if I cheated on my fears, broke up with my doubts, got engaged to my faith. I can marry my dreams.

If everything was perfect you would never learn and you would never grow.

We ain't got nothing without love. That's all we'll have when the world is through Cause, baby, we ain't got nothing without love.

Happiness comes from you. No one else can make you happy. You make you happy.

It's easy to hear the voices of others and often very difficult to hear your own. Every person you meet is going to want something different from you. The question is: what do you want for yourself?

A woman is most beautiful when she smiles.

When you really don't like a guy, they're all over you, and as soon as you act like you like them, they're no longer interested.

God has a plan and God is in control of everything

Imperfections make you more beautiful.

When you accept fallibility within yourself you become more perfect.

Imagine having a city full of things that no other city had.

While public opinion might sway back and forth, right and wrong do not.

I like the idea of a trilogy. It's cool. I like the word. When you do four, the word isn't cool - not as cool.

I take what isn't mine and I covet other people's lives.

I do not judge the universe.

The great thing about serving the poor is that there is no competition.

Anger simply means that your personal power - your personal space, your personal sense of being - has been violated

My feet will tread soft as a deer in the forest. My mind will be clear as water from the sacred well. My heart will be strong as a great oak. My spirit will spread an eagle's wings, and fly forth.

If we can exit a relationship, pressure to reconcile lessens; if we must live with those who have wronged us, we are pushed to reconcile.