It's that first step-getting out the door-that's the toughest. If you can do that, you've already won.

I know who I am. I am not perfect. I'm not the most beautiful woman in the world. But I'm one of them.

I listen to gospel music.

I don't know. Only God knows where the story ends for me, but I know where the story begins. It's up to us to choose, whether we win or lose and I choose to win.

I have to have lemon and honey. I have to have apple cider vinegar, Braggs. And I have to have either Red Vines or Twizzlers. These things, you know, are the things that help my vocal performance.

There's so many things that life is, and no matter how many breakthroughs, trials will exist and we're going to get through it. Just be strong.

If you're looking for inner peace from the outside world, you're not going to get that. The inner peace starts with looking at you from the inside.

Negative words are powerful boomerangs so be careful what you say about people and yourself.

When you come from so many damaged places you don't ever want to spiral back there, so you gotta continue to check yourself.

Believe in yourself when nobody else does.

When life is real, it's not going to be smooth.

There is a skill to learning. It is all about what is and what is not. While Science is knowing what is, Art is creating what is not.

The man who is receiving the money is getting rich and the guy who is giving the money is getting poorer

What parent can give to their children is the gift of daily prayer.

In all fairness, darlin’, I should probably warn you that this ain’t my first rodeo.

You are not in this life to count up victories and defeats. You are in it to love and be loved. You are loved with your head down. You will be loved whether you finish or not.

Married, but not to each other.

In Scotland, when people congregate, they tend to argue and discuss and reason; in Orkney, they tell stories.

And everyone knows you can’t disprove a rumor.

We live in specific places. We are marked by a place.

Seasons pursuing each other the indescribable crowd is gathered, it is the fourth of Seventh-month, (what salutes of cannon and small arms!