Over and over I marvel at the blessings of my life: Each year has grown better than the last.

One thing all stage mothers share is an overpowering ambition for their daughters.

Never trust anyone completely but God. Love people, but put your full trust only in God.

There are good days and there are bad days, and this is one of them.

One time I introduced my orchestra as the Shampoo Music Makers instead of the Champagne Music Makers.

I realized some of the pitfalls of being well-known; it was nice if you were successful, but it made it just that much harder to take when you failed.

I knew nothing of the life of a real musician, of course, but somehow I seemed to see myself standing in front of great crowds of people, playing my accordion.

Night after night I could feel the chills go up and down my spine, they played so well.

Many times I wondered if I were truly carrying out God's plan for my life.

If you put all your strength and faith and vigor into a job and try to do the best you can, the money will come.

I have a tremendous desire to learn, and to grow, and to develop whatever I have that will make for any kind of improvement in me.

Clarification is not to clarify things. It is to put one’s self in the clear (Sir Humphrey Appleby)

It's the most unhappy people who want to stay alive, because they think they haven't done everything they want to do. They think they haven't had enough time. They feel they've been shortchanged.

Although the Bible is a living book, it will not jump into your palms pleading, "Read me please". You've to make a choice to do so!

Tolerance is not a synonym of Weakness

Youth is the time of getting, middle age of improving, and old age of spending.

Different times need different types of leadership.

A congregational prayer is a means for establishing essential human unity though common worship.

One cardinal rule of American journalism is that The New York Times Sunday Magazine is a chore, a bore, and a penance to be endured.

To move Nigeria forward, we must define our interest in the Nigeria project

Anyone who's been poor and gets rich is stalked by guilt and fear. Guilt because you know it isn't fair, that life hasn't changed for everyone