My audience wants to see me beautifully gowned, and I have spared no expense or pains . . . For I feel that the best is none too good for the public that pays to hear a singer.

Far too many husbands fail to recognize that what your wife wants and needs most from you is your concern for her soul.

If you don't like my ocean don't fish in my sea Stay out of my valley and let my mountain be.

They hear it come out, but they don't know how it got there. They don't understand that's life's way of talking. You don't sing to feel better. You sing cause that's a way of understanding life.

I can't tell my future, so I'm going to tell my past.

The core of a man's life should be his relationship with God. The man who walks humbly with God is motivated and empowered to step up and assume the difficult responsibilitie s that come his way.

This be an empty world without the blues.

Pulling weeds and planting seeds. That's the story of life. We are individual lots on which either weeds of selfishness or fruit of the Holy Spirit grows and flourishes.

Set your sights not just on the next few weeks ... set your sights on the years ahead - because our vision will look that far ahead.

Your marriage moves toward a state of isolation. Unless you lovingly and energetically nurture your marriage, you will begin to drift away from your mate.

[Advice to Bessie Smith:] Let your soul do the singin'.

People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.

the silence people, hear everything.

Compassion comes from a choice and not the liberal definition of a choice - the choice to say I can do with a little less so my brother can have a little more.

Every single decision you make as a leader has an effect on the spirit of those you lead.

You know what's fun? You pick somebody at random, like out of the phone book, and send them about 100 'Just Because' cards. They can't even ask you why you did it.

When it comes to the fundamental issues that humanity faces, I think that solutions involve shifting consciousness towards cooperation.

I love using the latest technologies to make life more efficient, but I don't want to advocate that technology replaces the need to get together and enjoy human connections with people.

I was 17 when I left the small Maine town where I'd grown up. I wanted to do something I thought was important with my life, so I headed to California and didn't look back.

I feel that art has something to do with the achievement of stillness in the midst of chaos.

Emotions are the interaction of thoughts and of sensations in the body.